Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Cy Vance Wasn’t the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA

By Brad Aaron | Sep 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Street safety wasn’t mentioned in today’s Daily News piece about Cy Vance, but Manhattan’s next district attorney made clear that he intends to pursue, as the News put it, a "fresh agenda." And after Transportation Alternatives literally brought Vance and his opponents to the table to discuss the plague of traffic crime, livable streets advocates […]

Manhattan’s Next Top Prosecutor: This Is It

By Brad Aaron | Sep 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

L-r: Manhattan DA candidates Richard Aborn, Cy Vance and Leslie Crocker Snyder Two pedestrians were killed in Brooklyn over the weekend. Saturday evening, 66-year-old Fred Wilson took the family dog and went out for ice cream. He had only walked a short distance from his Gerritsen Avenue home when he was hit by an unidentified […]

Strange Twist in Protracted Ordeal of Arrested Queens Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Sep 8, 2009 | 6 Comments

Queens resident Gerald Beekman (an alias we’re using at his request), arrested in May after twice being nearly run down by an irate driver in Long Island City, had his first court appearance last month. The case was held over until October, as District Attorney Richard A. Brown’s office did not yet have a supporting […]

DA Candidate Snyder Releases Traffic Safety Plan

By Brad Aaron | Aug 26, 2009 | 5 Comments

The Leslie Crocker Snyder campaign has announced a detailed transportation safety plank, rounding out a field of Manhattan district attorney candidates committed to advancements in traffic justice. Leslie Crocker Snyder Like Richard Aborn and Cy Vance, Snyder says she would: focus on prevention and deterrence through stepped-up enforcement and graduated penalties for gateway offenses like […]

DA Candidate Cy Vance Outlines Traffic Safety Platform

By Brad Aaron | Aug 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

Cy Vance has become the second contender for Manhattan district attorney to release a campaign plank on traffic crime. Cy Vance, Jr. Photo: Brad Aaron Vance’s proposals, detailed on his campaign web site, are impressively broad in scope. On the legislative front, Vance says he would advocate for graduated penalties for repeat traffic offenders and […]

When Dodging Death Becomes a Fact of Life

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2009 | 38 Comments

Lisa Sladkus sent in this photo of yesterday’s mayhem at the 72nd Street subway station. For the second time (that we know of) in less than a week, a yellow cab driver has wreaked havoc on Manhattan streets, terrorizing pedestrians and leaving a trail of destruction. Miraculously, unlike Akim Saiful Alam, the unidentified driver in […]

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