Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Melinda Katz

The intersection where Dolma Naadhum, 7, (inset) was killed by a driver on Feb. 17. File image

Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared

By Kevin Duggan | May 9, 2023 | No Comments

Police on Tuesday morning arrested the woman they say fatally struck a 7-year-old girl in Astoria with her car in February, charging the motorist with criminally negligent homicide, a felony that carries a top jail sentence of four years.

The wreckage of the car that killed Xing Long Lin back in April in Astoria. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Driver Who Killed Delivery Man Has Little Remorse, Few Answers

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

Maro Andrianou offered the same excuse for fatally running over 37-year-old Xing Long Lin that attorneys have argued is bogus

A makeshift memorial on 35th Street for Xing Long Lin. Melinda Katz has declined to prosecute his killer. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Video Raises Questions About DA’s Decision to Clear Driver Who Killed Delivery Man, Attorneys Say

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

The video does not exonerate the driver in a way that Katz and the driver's lawyer believe, experts say.

A makeshift memorial on 35th Street for Xing Long Lin. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Other Victim in Fatal Crash Sues 'Reckless' Driver Whom DA Katz Cleared

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 28, 2021 | No Comments

The civil suit portrays a driver so negligent that activists once again cannot believe that the Queens District Attorney did not also charg her criminally for the death of Xing Long Lin.

Queens DA Declines to Prosecute Driver Who Killed Delivery Man

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 23, 2021 | No Comments

A man is dead and a driver is allowed to walk.

Queens Borough President and next District Attorney Melinda Katz taking questions on Wednesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Queens’s Next Top Prosecutor Dodges Whether She’d Boot CB Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 7, 2019 | 2 Comments

The Queens Beep still refuses to join her colleagues in condemning the community board member and city employee, who said at a public meeting that pedestrians “deserve” to die if they cross the street while looking at their phones.

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