Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cy Vance

Vance Brings Rare Murder Charge Against Driver Who Killed Man on Sidewalk

By Stephen Miller | May 6, 2014 | 3 Comments

Last June, according to prosecutors, 33-year-old Shaun Martin, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, got behind the wheel of a Nissan Altima and began speeding down Second Avenue in the East Village. At 4th Street, he veered across three lanes of traffic, jumped the curb and slammed into four people, including florist Mohammed Akkas Ali, […]

Streets of NYC a Little Safer Today Thanks to Judge, NYPD, and Cy Vance

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2014 | 33 Comments

There’s one less reckless driver on the streets of New York today thanks to NYPD, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, and Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jill Konviser. After Adam Tang posted a video of himself speeding around Manhattan, he was tracked down by NYPD. Tang’s car was taken away, and Vance charged him with reckless driving […]

Will Other NYC DAs Join Cy Vance in Getting Behind Vision Zero?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2014 | No Comments

All five New York City district attorneys were invited to Monday’s City Council Vision Zero hearing, according to the office of transportation committee chair Ydanis Rodriguez. Yet Manhattan DA Cy Vance was the only one who participated. Due to time constraints, Vance Chief Assistant DA Karen Friedman Agnifilo was not able to read all of her […]

Barron Lerner: It’s Time to Treat Reckless Driving Like Drunk Driving

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2014 | 21 Comments

The most basic flaw in the New York State traffic justice system is that in most cases it fails to hold motorists accountable for deadly recklessness. Unless a motorist is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, killing someone with a car is usually not considered a crime. In a column for the Times, Barron […]

Maude Savage and Akkas Ali, Struck by Motorists in 2013, Die From Injuries

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2014 | 17 Comments

Maude Savage, the 72-year-old who was hit by a motorist in a Brooklyn crosswalk last November, died from her injuries. Though video showed Savage was crossing with the light, charges were not upgraded against the commercial driver who took a corner at speed, striking her a few feet from a grocery store she had just walked […]

9-Year-Old Boy, Mother, and Senior Killed in Weekend of Motorist Violence

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2014 | 20 Comments

Three pedestrians were fatally struck by motorists over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of people killed while walking in New York City in the first two weeks of 2014. Twenty pedestrians were killed by city motorists in January 2013, according to NYPD data, and 12 pedestrians and one cyclist died in January 2012. […]

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