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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
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
Driver Who Killed Charity Hicks Pleads to Homicide and Leaving the Scene
The hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Detroit woman as she waited for a bus in Hell's Kitchen pled guilty to homicide and felony leaving the scene. He will serve a minimum of two and a maximum of six years in prison, pursuant to a judge's plea offer.
March 22, 2016
No Charges for Driver Who Killed Dorothy Heimann, 90, in Whitestone
NYPD and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown filed no charges against a driver who hit a 90-year-old woman last month, causing fatal injuries.
March 8, 2016
Epileptic Cab Driver on Trial for Murder for Bronx Sidewalk Killings
The driver of a green cab who killed a child and a man on a Bronx sidewalk last year was charged with murder.
February 24, 2016
Gwendolyn Booker, Killed by School Bus Driver on Atlantic Avenue Sidewalk
Another pedestrian was killed on Atlantic Avenue when a motorist struck a woman on the sidewalk.
February 8, 2016
DA Cy Vance Wins Conviction in Washington Heights Hit-and-Run Killing
A driver charged with fatally striking a man in Washington Heights and leaving the scene was sentenced to prison yesterday.
February 5, 2016
Charges Reduced in Manhattan Hit-and-Run Death of Charity Hicks
Charges have been reduced against a driver who allegedly killed a woman on a Manhattan sidewalk and fled the scene.
February 4, 2016