Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Anatomy of a (Legal) Hit-and-Run

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2009 | 7 Comments

Scene of an April 3 collision between a driver and delivery man. That’s food on the car’s hood. Early this month Streetsblog regular ddartley tagged a series of shots for the Flickr feed showing the aftermath of a driver-cyclist collision on the edge of Stuyvesant Town. According to Dartley, the cyclist was a restaurant delivery […]

Another Pedestrian Dies, Another Killer Driver Walks

By Brad Aaron | Apr 20, 2009 | 15 Comments

JoAnne Hayden-Weissman, center, was killed by a curb-jumping driver in Queens on April 16. The words never fail to shock. Last Thursday afternoon, 55-year-old JoAnne (Kodetsky) Hayden-Weissman was walking her dog on a path near Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel, Queens when a driver reportedly jumped the curb, striking both her and her pet. […]

Maureen McCormick: How Nassau Got Serious About Traffic Crime

By Brad Aaron | Apr 2, 2009 | 11 Comments

In part our interview with veteran vehicular crimes prosecutor Maureen McCormick, the former Brooklyn ADA, now with Nassau County, offers insight into the state of traffic justice in New York State, and describes how she and others in the prosecutorial community are working to strengthen laws that deal with negligent drivers.

Maureen McCormick: On the Cutting Edge of Traffic Justice

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2009 | 15 Comments

Earlier this month Streetsblog talked with Leslie Crocker Snyder, candidate for Manhattan district attorney, about how she would approach pedestrian and cyclist fatalities as the borough’s top prosecutor. Today we will hear from a prosecutor who has made traffic justice the centerpiece of her career. From 1986 until 2005, Maureen McCormick served as an assistant […]

No Charges for Taxi Driver Who Plowed Into UWS Restaurant, Injuring Seven

By Brad Aaron | Mar 30, 2009 | 5 Comments

Photo: Fox 5 The horrific death of a young mother in Midtown wasn’t the only instance of curb-jumping mayhem on Friday. Shortly before Ysemny Ramos was pinned against a building by an allegedly drunk driver on E. 37th Street, a yellow cab lurched off Amsterdam at W. 106th, plowing onto the sidewalk and into a […]

Talking Traffic Justice With Leslie Crocker Snyder

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

With Manhattan's 89-year-old District Attorney Robert Morgenthau finally stepping down, this year's campaign to succeed him is a great opportunity to make sure the next DA is committed to doing a better job of protecting New Yorkers from reckless and negligent drivers. Streetsblog met with Manhattan District Attorney candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder to learn more about where she stands when it comes to traffic justice.

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