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Kill a Woman With a Gun? Twenty Years to Life. Kill a Woman With a Car? A $750 Fine.
As a politician, Manhattan DA Cy Vance has put forward a great bill to hold drivers accountable. As a prosecutor, he has failed to do so consistently. A new case makes that crystal clear.
November 14, 2019
Pols Offer New Law to Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable
The days of "It was just an accident!" may soon be over.
October 30, 2019
Trucker With Suspended License Killed a Cyclist — And Got Only Another Suspended License
The father of the slain cyclist, 45-year-old Aaron Padwee, called it “a joke,” that will clearly do nothing to keep driver Agustin Osorio-Torres off the road.
October 28, 2019
NYPD Arrests Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Woman in Sheepshead Bay
Cops on Monday said they arrested the hit-and-run driver who ran over a 66-year-old woman in Sheepshead Bay last week, leaving her for dead.
October 22, 2019
Weak State Law Protects Unlicensed Drivers Who Kill
“It’s part of our giant blindspot for the dangers of driving," a lawyer said.
October 9, 2019
Manhattan Pol Wants To Change State Law To Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable
Substituting one word could eliminate the notion that prosecutors need to prove that a driver was aware of his or her misconduct.
October 7, 2019
Court to Local DAs: You Can Start Enforcing the Right-of-Way Law!
A state appeals court says the city's "failure to yield" law is legal, rejecting an argument by a killer driver.
September 24, 2019
Brooklyn DA Investigating Crash That Killed 10-Year-Old
Cops blame the victim and make excuses for the driver after an SUV runs amok in Midwood.
September 12, 2019
STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?
Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.
September 3, 2019
Queens’s Next Top Prosecutor Dodges Whether She’d Boot CB Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die
The Queens Beep still refuses to join her colleagues in condemning the community board member and city employee, who said at a public meeting that pedestrians “deserve” to die if they cross the street while looking at their phones.
August 7, 2019
