Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Driver Who Dragged Senior to Her Death and Fled
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Again and again, Richard Brown signs off on favorable plea deals for hit-and-run drivers who kill people, when he files charges at all.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage
NYPD: No Charges After Drivers Collide, Killing Shaena Sinclair and Injuring Her 6-Year-Old Son on Canarsie Sidewalk
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The collision propelled a car onto the curb with enough force to kill, but NYPD says speed was "not a factor."
With Driver’s Sentence Hidden, Public Doesn’t Know If Eric Gonzalez Got Justice for Chooi Tan
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Gonzalez agreed to a plea deal with the unlicensed driver who killed Tan on a Canarsie sidewalk with a stolen car. The terms were sealed by the judge, according to the DA.
NYPD Does Nothing After Driver Leaves Trail of Destruction on Nostrand Avenue, Injuring 1
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Meanwhile, police are applying criminal reckless driving statutes to delivery workers on electric bikes.
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Cyclist Aaron Padwee in Long Island City
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By failing to enforce the law against dooring, NYPD is signaling to motorists and passengers that they don't have to look out for cyclists.
MTA Bus Driver Kills 7-Year-Old Shevon Bethea in the Bronx
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New York City motorists have killed six children age 14 or under in the first five months of 2018, marking the first year-to-year increase in child traffic deaths in the Vision Zero era.