Majority of NYC DAs Agree: All City Schools Should Have Speed Cameras
Three New York City district attorneys have endorsed Albany legislation that would allow New York City to install speed enforcement cameras outside every school.
May 12, 2016
NYC Students Tell Albany: Speed Cameras at #EverySchool Will Save Lives
Students from MS 51 in Brooklyn joined family and friends of people killed by New York City drivers in Albany today to ask state lawmakers to allow the city to install speed cameras outside every school.
May 10, 2016
Experts Call for Complete Overhaul of NY Region’s Transportation Agencies
At the Regional Plan Association Assembly today, a panel of experts with background in the U.S. and abroad offered a number of ideas on how the New York metro region could reform its ailing transport system. Most of the recommendations would mean a top-to-bottom overhaul of the way projects are planned, financed, and executed -- and a shakeup of the entities that call the shots.
May 6, 2016
Driver Kills 80-Year-Old in Midtown Precinct That Barely Enforces Speeding
A motorist killed an 80-year-old man walking in a Midtown police precinct that rarely enforces the speed limit. NYPD and District Attorney Cy Vance filed no charges.
May 5, 2016
Truck Driver Charged With Reckless Driving for Killing Heather Lough at NYBG
A truck driver struck and killed a woman outside the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx last week. He has been charged with reckless driving and failure to yield.
May 4, 2016
Driver Pleads to Manslaughter for Killing 12-Year-Old on Brooklyn Sidewalk
Update: Robert DeCarlo was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison.
May 3, 2016