Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

NYPD Won’t Acknowledge Eyewitness Accounts in Death of Greenpoint Mom

By Graham T. Beck | May 29, 2009 | No Comments

Manhattan Avenue minutes after the deadly crash. (Image: Greenpoint Gazette) The NYPD continues to dispute eyewitness accounts of the events that preceded the vehicle-on-pedestrian collision that took the life of Violetta Kryzak, a 38-year-old mother and Greenpoint resident. Despite the statements of three separate eyewitnesses stationed several blocks from one another who claim that at […]

Will NYPD’s Next Transpo Chief Make Safety Priority #1?

By Brad Aaron | May 26, 2009 | 7 Comments

We’d been hearing rumors for weeks, and today NYPD confirmed that Chief of Transportation Michael Scagnelli is retiring. His last day is tomorrow. Chief Michael Scagnelli. Photo: New York Post Scagnelli’s departure is not really a surprise, considering that it’s required by law. But the news is still significant in that his successor will step […]

New Bill Would Strengthen Penalties for Dangerous Driving

By Brad Aaron | May 22, 2009 | 12 Comments

Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, speaking, with Daniel Squadron and Scott Stringer. To Squadron’s right are Wendy Cheung, Hayley Ng’s aunt, and Jon Adler, representative for the families of Ng and Diego Martinez Legislation prompted by the deaths of two children in Chinatown would mandate a safety course and community service for drivers who seriously injure […]

Is Death an Appropriate Penalty for “Jaywalking”?

By Brad Aaron | May 19, 2009 | 22 Comments

Last Saturday, the Daily News reported that a man was critically injured when he was struck by a Range Rover on 14th Street at Eighth Avenue Friday evening at around 6 p.m. The out-of-control SUV went on to strike several cars before coming to rest on its side. Another motorist falls prey to the urban […]

Manhattan DA Candidates to Debate Traffic Justice

By Ben Fried | May 13, 2009 | 7 Comments

Mark your calendars for the morning of Wednesday, June 3. That’s when the three declared candidates running for Manhattan District Attorney — Richard Aborn, Leslie Crocker Snyder, and Cyrus Vance — will sit down for a round table debate on traffic justice. Organized by Transportation Alternatives and the Criminal Justice Society of the Benjamin Cardozo […]

Revolving Door Keeps Spinning for City’s Drunk Drivers

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2009 | 4 Comments

DWI Killer Tenzing Bhutia got two years for the 2007 death of Julia Thomson. Photo: Daily News The Post last weekend noted some disturbing statistics relating to city drunk driving prosecutions. Out of 10,000 arrests last year, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, 6,000 cases worked their way through the courts, with […]

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