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Sunday: Families For Safe Streets to Train Spotlight on Feckless NYC DAs
Since January 2012, Streetsblog has maintained a database of all known pedestrians and cyclists killed by drivers in New York City. We collect as much information on each crash as possible, including any charges filed against the motorists who took the victims' lives.
January 8, 2015
Unlicensed, Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill First NYC Pedestrian Victims of 2015
Motorists struck four pedestrians in two crashes in Manhattan and the Bronx over the weekend, killing two victims. One driver in the Bronx was charged with leaving the scene and reckless driving, while another remains at large. The Manhattan motorist, operating a vehicle with TLC plates, was ticketed for driving without a license, though NYPD blamed the victims in the press. The drivers were not charged for causing death and injury by NYPD or district attorneys Cy Vance and Robert Johnson.
January 5, 2015
DA Robert Johnson: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Child on Bronx Sidewalk
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson filed no charges against a motorist who drove on a sidewalk outside a Bronx school in October, striking 10 people and killing 8-year-old Rylee Ramos.
December 19, 2014
Vance Deal: $400 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior in Crosswalk
An unlicensed driver who fatally struck a senior as she crossed the street with the right of way will pay a $400 fine, pursuant to a plea arrangement with Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance.
December 18, 2014
Does Cy Vance Use His Surveillance Camera Bank to Fight Traffic Violence?
In New York City, if you hit someone with a motor vehicle and keep driving, odds are you will get away with it. NYPD made arrests in just 25 percent of fatal hit-and-run crashes in 2012, according to Transportation Alternatives. And in many cases where the driver is eventually identified, a simple "I didn't see her" is all it takes to satisfy prosecutors and police.
December 12, 2014
Driver With Revoked License Not Charged for Killing East Flatbush Senior
A driver with a revoked license killed a senior in Brooklyn Tuesday. As of Wednesday he was not charged by NYPD or District Attorney Ken Thompson for causing a death.
December 11, 2014
Cy Vance Files Homicide Charge in Lower East Side Pedestrian Death
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance filed a homicide charge against a driver accused of killing a pedestrian on the Lower East Side in November.
December 8, 2014
Dana Lerner: Cy Vance Botched the Token Case Against My Son’s Killer
The cab driver who killed Cooper Stock is scheduled to be back in court in two months, thanks to what Stock's mother Dana Lerner termed "inept" handling of the case by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office.
December 5, 2014
Families for Safe Streets to Call on DAs to Prosecute Reckless Drivers
Update: Sunday's event has been postponed, according to a TA press release, "in solidarity with those protesting the grand jury decision not to indict in the Eric Garner case."
December 4, 2014
For Traffic Violence Victims, Cy Vance’s “Moneyball” Still a Field of Dreams
You won't find much discussion of traffic violence in Chip Brown's 5,500-word encomium to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, published Wednesday by the New York Times Magazine. Other than noting that dismissals of drunk driving cases are down, according to Vance's office, Brown doesn't broach the subject at all.
December 4, 2014