Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Driver Cleared by Manhattan Jury in Hit-and-Run Death of Marilyn Dershowitz

By Brad Aaron | Sep 20, 2012 | 15 Comments

Ian Clement, the U.S. Postal Service employee who drove a truck over cyclist Marilyn Dershowitz, then left the scene, has been found not guilty of hit-and-run by a Manhattan jury. The crash occurred on July 2, 2011, as Dershowitz and her husband Nathan rode their bikes on W. 29th Street, near Ninth Avenue, in Chelsea. Video […]

How Prosecutors and Police Set the Table for a Hit-and-Run Killer’s Defense

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2012 | 10 Comments

The general public will probably never know if Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance was pressured into pursuing a case against the hit-and-run driver who killed Marilyn Dershowitz. But given the number of traffic death and injury cases that never see the inside of a courtroom, Ian Clement’s attorney can viably employ such a seemingly irrelevant […]

Ignored by NYPD, Crash Victim Launches Effort to Hold AIS Accountable

By Stephen Miller | Sep 6, 2012 | 21 Comments

Cassandra Faustini took a job as a bike messenger to help make ends meet. After getting rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver last year, she tried to report the crash to a police officer, who refused to take her statement. One year later, she’s joining other New Yorkers to demand reforms to the way NYPD and […]

ID Theft Gets More Resources From Cy Vance Than Traffic Crime [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Aug 16, 2012 | 12 Comments

If you’ve suffered a life-altering injury, or even lost a loved one, at the hands of a negligent New York City driver, there usually isn’t much the authorities can do for you. To hear NYPD tell it, the department barely has the resources to investigate traffic deaths, let alone the thousands of pedestrian and cyclist […]

Myth: DWI Killers Should Expect Severe Penalties in New York State

By Brad Aaron | Aug 15, 2012 | 6 Comments

When a Long Island judge last month acquitted a drunk driver of manslaughter on the grounds that the pedestrian he struck was also intoxicated, the decision sparked shock and outrage. But the case of Robert Core was only the latest in which an area motorist all but escaped punishment for killing while under the influence. […]

As Clara Heyworth’s Killer Walks, Judge Questions Prosecutors in Her Case

By Brad Aaron | Aug 8, 2012 | 11 Comments

As expected, criminal charges against the driver who fatally struck Brooklyn pedestrian Clara Heyworth have been dropped. Unexpected was a critique of the case from the bench, as a judge today lambasted prosecutors for abandoning efforts to bring a suspected DWI killer to justice. In the early morning hours of July 10, 2011, Heyworth was […]

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