Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Hayley and Diego’s Law Might Be Enacted By Friday

By Ben Fried | Aug 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer at a rally for Hayley and Diego’s Law last month. Photo: Noah Kazis The only thing that can prevent the adoption of New York state’s first "vulnerable users law" is Governor Paterson’s veto pen. Hayley and Diego’s Law, named in memory of two pre-schoolers killed by a van left idling […]

From the Outset, NYPD “Suspected No Criminality” in Death of Max Mendez

By Ben Fried | Aug 2, 2010 | 28 Comments

The location where Max Mendez was killed by a tow truck operator last Friday, described in some press accounts as an "entrance ramp" to the Triborough Bridge. Image: Google Maps Three days after 6-year-old Max Mendez was killed by an MTA tow truck operator while walking with his mother to the Wagner Pool at 124th […]

NYPD Let Witnesses Leave Scene of Fatal Fort Greene Crash

By Noah Kazis | Jul 21, 2010 | 15 Comments

Aileen McKay-Dalton The NYPD failed to follow up with at least one key witness in its investigation of the crash that killed Aileen McKay-Dalton earlier this month, according to a woman who saw the collision and stayed at the scene. Witnesses were allowed to leave the scene without being interviewed by police or leaving contact […]

Hundreds of Neighbors Press NYPD for Justice for Slain Mother of Three

By Ben Fried | Jul 19, 2010 | 4 Comments

Aileen McKay-Dalton The death of Aileen McKay-Dalton, a mother of three who was struck and killed by an SUV driver while riding her Vespa earlier this month, has galvanized friends, neighbors, and Fort Greene residents trying to make sense of their sudden loss and the anemic NYPD response that followed. In the late afternoon on […]

Victims’ Families and Electeds Urge Paterson to Sign Traffic Safety Law

By Noah Kazis | Jul 7, 2010 | No Comments

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer pressed for traffic safety legislation. He was joined by, from left, Council Member Margaret Chin, the families of Hayley Ng and Diego Martinez, State Senator Daniel Squadron and Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White. Photo: Noah Kazis With the stroke of a pen, Governor David Paterson could make New York’s […]

With Albany Hoarding DWI Fines, Counties Can’t Afford Leandra’s Law

By Brad Aaron | Jun 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

Leandra Rosado, 11, was killed last October when a car driven by an allegedly drunk woman crashed on the Henry Hudson Parkway. Leandra’s Law, passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Governor Paterson last year, mandates ignition interlocks for motorists convicted of DWI and makes it a felony to drive drunk with […]

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