Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Richard Brown

DA Richard Brown: $500 Fine for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Senior

By Brad Aaron | Jul 29, 2015 | 3 Comments

Pursuant to a plea deal with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, an allegedly unlicensed and impaired motorist who reportedly has a history of reckless driving arrests was sentenced to a small fine and probation for running over a senior and trying to flee the scene. William Stafford “plowed his 2005 BMW into an 89-year-old man” at […]

Richard Brown: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Boy on Neighborhood Street

By Brad Aaron | Jun 3, 2015 | 4 Comments

An 8-year-old boy hit by a driver on a neighborhood street in Queens on Memorial Day died from his injuries. NYPD and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown filed no charges. Sincere Atkins was playing with his cousin outside his grandmother’s apartment, on Sutphin Boulevard near 125th Avenue, when a 21-year-old man hit him with a Toyota Corolla, […]

No Felony Charge From Queens DA for Repeat Reckless Driver Who Hit Senior

By Brad Aaron | May 13, 2015 | 4 Comments

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown agreed to drop felony charges against an unlicensed and allegedly impaired driver who ran over a senior and tried to flee the scene. Brown allowed the motorist to plead to a misdemeanor. On October 21, 2014, William Stafford “plowed his 2005 BMW into an 89-year-old man” at the intersection of 25th Avenue and […]

DAs Insist They Don’t Call Car Crashes “Accidents,” Except When They Do

By Stephen Miller | Jan 14, 2015 | 13 Comments

Among the demands Families For Safe Streets is making of district attorneys, one of the simpler changes is to stop using the word “accident” to describe traffic collisions. In exchanges this week, the offices of three district attorneys said in no uncertain terms that they already refrain from using the word “accident” in this manner. […]

DMV Judge Delays Action Against License of Driver Who Killed Allison Liao

By Brad Aaron | Jan 6, 2015 | 23 Comments

An administrative law judge for the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles today deferred a decision concerning the driver’s license of the motorist who killed 3-year-old Allison Liao. In a packed hearing room at a DMV office in Jamaica, Sidney Fuchs watched video that showed an SUV driven by Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh run over Allison as […]

Queens DA Richard Brown on Driver Who Killed Allison Liao: Accidents Happen

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2014 | 215 Comments

A letter from District Attorney Richard Brown’s office explaining why no charges were filed against the driver who killed 3-year-old Allison Liao offers disturbing insight into the mindset of prosecutors charged with holding motorists accountable for serious traffic crashes in Queens. The crash was captured on video. On the afternoon of October 6, 2013, Allison […]

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