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Staten Island Driver Who Killed Senior Escapes Jail … But Loses His License Permanently
Well, we got ... one!
October 27, 2020
Brooklyn DA Declines To Prosecute Driver Who Killed 10-Year-Old Boy, Infuriating His Grieving Family
“The family disagrees with the conclusion,” said personal injury attorney Leslie Kelmachter.
October 7, 2020
Girl’s Death Renews Call For Safe Streets Around Schools As Kids Start In-Person Learning
The mayor has failed to keep school kids safe as they return to public schools this week amid an epidemic of speeding and reckless driving, advocates bellowed on Tuesday, one day after a 7-year-old girl was killed by an armored truck driver.
September 29, 2020
Cops Stand by as Buses Block Bike Lane at Deadly Brooklyn Intersection
The Williamsburg corner where a cyclist was killed on Monday is the very picture of a Vision Zero 'policy failure.'
September 9, 2020
Brooklyn DA Creates ‘Street Safety Bureau’ to Bolster Crash Investigation, Draft New Laws
“We must do all we possibly can to battle traffic violence," said DA Eric Gonzalez.
July 16, 2020
Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand
“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”
February 25, 2020
Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook
Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.
February 6, 2020
Brooklyn DA Let Killer Driver Off The Hook for No Reason
Police had arrested 49-year-old John Sherman shortly after he struck and killed 85-year-old Stella Clinton as he reversed into his driveway. But Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez dropped the case.
February 3, 2020
NYPD Nabs, But Then Undercharges, Hit-and-Run Driver of Bike-Riding Pro Wrestler
But for some reason, he was not charged with the far-more-serious count of leaving the scene — which is punishable by up to seven years in jail.
December 17, 2019
Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers
No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?
December 6, 2019
