Hit-and-Run
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Rodriguez’s Push for Hit-and-Run Alerts Picks Up Support in Albany
Ydanis Rodriguez wants to create an Amber Alert-type system for nabbing hit-and-run drivers, and a growing number of legislators are signing on to the idea.
February 1, 2017
NYPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Dismembered Woman in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run
It would be the second time this month NYPD declined to charge a motorist for leaving the scene of a fatal crash -- a felony.
January 19, 2017
No Charges After Drivers Kill 3 People in Separate Crashes in 4 Hours
Motorists killed three people walking and biking in Brooklyn. In one case a driver ran over a senior in broad daylight and left the scene.
January 10, 2017
Rodriguez Proposes Amber Alert System to Nab Fatal Hit-and-Run Drivers
Last year, fatal hit-and-run crashes increased 34 percent in New York City, and in the past week alone, hit-and-run drivers killed three pedestrians. This morning, City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez announced a legislative package aimed at combatting the growing hit-and-run epidemic.
January 4, 2017
Brutal Holiday Season on NYC Streets — Drivers Killed 7 Pedestrians in 8 Days
New York City motorists killed at least six people walking, including a child, in the last week. Three victims were killed in the new year.
January 3, 2017
When Will Albany Act to Strengthen Hit-and-Run Penalties?
Ydanis Rodriguez and other Upper Manhattan electeds joined friends and family of Jean Paul Guerrero yesterday to urge lawmakers to reform state law that incentivizes deadly hit-and-run crashes.
December 21, 2016
Matthew von Ohlen’s Alleged Killer Charged With Assault and Manslaughter
A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged yesterday for the death of Matthew von Ohlen, who was killed last summer as he rode his bike on Grand Street in Williamsburg by a motorist who left the scene.
November 16, 2016
Off-Duty NYPD Cop Who Killed SI Pedestrian Found Guilty of Homicide
An off-duty NYPD officer was found guilty at trial last week for the hit-and-run killing of a pedestrian in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island.
October 18, 2016
Curb Jumper’s License Revoked Six Months for Killing Mallory Weisbrod
Dimas Debrito, the curb-jumping driver who killed 24-year-old Mallory Weisbrod and injured two others last August, pled guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanors for reckless endangerment and failure to exercise due care leading to serious physical injury. He will also agree to a six-month license suspension. In another case, a driver will receive six months jail time after pleading to a fatal February hit-and-run in Richmond Hill, Queens.
August 16, 2016
Hit-and-Run Dollar Van Driver Strikes Couple, Kills Man on Flatbush Avenue
Drivers killed two pedestrians in separate crashes in Queens and Brooklyn on Friday and Saturday. In one case, police are still looking for the driver of a minibus who fled the scene after striking a couple, killing a man and critically injuring his wife.
August 15, 2016