Hit-and-Run
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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
DA Won’t Charge Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Aurilla Lawrence
Another hit-and-run driver will escape accountability in New York City thanks to police and prosecutors who won't bring charges against motorists who kill.
August 16, 2019
Cops: Pedestrian Dies After Being Knocked Down by Hit-And-Run Cyclist
Michael Collopy, 60, was hit by a cyclist on July 31 as he stood in the protected bike lane at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street. The cyclist kept on pedaling. Collopy died on Wednesday of his injuries.
August 7, 2019
UPDATED: Cops Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in Queens
Cops are looking for the hit-and-run driver who killed a man Thursday morning in Queens — just hours after one of the deadliest days — in a very deadly year — on the streets of New York City.
July 25, 2019
NYPD May Stop Ticketing Cyclists After They’re Killed
NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan’s seemingly ad-libbed comments came after a reporter at unrelated press conference asked why bikers are typically targeted for enforcement after they are killed by car drivers.
June 27, 2019
After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!
New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.
June 26, 2019
Mayor de Blasio’s Gotten All Blurry on Vision Zero
The mayor's signature plan to end all traffic deaths by 2024 needs a new prescription — and a mayor who is entirely focused on the five boroughs.
May 6, 2019
Trucker Kills Woman in Flatbush And Walks By Saying the Magic Words: ‘I Didn’t Know!’
So few hit-and-run drivers are charged in this city. Here's another one.
April 4, 2019
Cyclist Killed By Truck Driver in Injury-Heavy Area of Brooklyn
The cyclist was run down on Broadway near Rodney Street.
March 1, 2019
NYPD Still Has Not Arrested Four Recent Hit-and-Run Drivers
Cops continue a bad practice of not bringing killer drivers to justice.
February 12, 2019
