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Vaccaro: NYPD Coerces Injured Hit-and-Run Victims to Not Pursue Charges
The City Council transportation committee met today to gather testimony on NYPD hit-and-run crash investigations, but NYPD didn't send anyone to the hearing. The committee also took up a bill that would codify updates to DOT's innovative Street Design Manual.
December 4, 2013
Public Still Doesn’t Know Why Cy Vance Failed to Charge in Sian Green Case
Last Friday WNYC ran a piece in which Bronx vehicular crimes chief Joe McCormack explained why he thought Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance failed to file charges against the cab driver who drove onto a Midtown sidewalk and severed the leg of tourist Sian Green. The story offers valuable insight into the mindset of prosecutors, but key questions about the case remain unanswered.
November 18, 2013
NYPD Issues Careless Driving Summons for Death of Bronx Senior
A 66-year-old woman struck by a driver last week in Hunts Point was at least the 29th senior killed by a New York City motorist in 2013, and the third person killed by a driver in the City Council district represented by Maria del Carmen Arroyo in five weeks.
November 12, 2013
No Charges: Witnesses Say Driver Who Killed Bronx Senior Ran Stop Sign
A senior was killed in Mott Haven Tuesday by a motorist who witnesses said sped past a stop sign before striking the victim, jumping a curb and slamming into an apartment building. The driver was not charged or summonsed by NYPD.
November 8, 2013
No Charges Filed for Pedestrian Deaths in Jamaica and East New York
Editor's note: As we were finishing up this story, Gothamist reported that a 36-year-old cyclist was killed this morning in Claremont, and that another cyclist struck by a truck driver in Downtown Brooklyn earlier this month has died from his injuries. We will have more on these fatalities in a future post.
October 30, 2013
NYPD Charges 0.7 Percent of Drivers Who Injure and Kill With Careless Driving
Three years after Albany established the offense of careless driving, NYPD continues to apply the law in only a tiny fraction of crashes that result in the death or injury of pedestrians and cyclists.
October 21, 2013
Still No Charges From Queens DA Brown Against Driver Who Hit Five Kids
Nearly a month after a motorist mounted a curb and hit a group of kids near a school in Maspeth, no charges have been filed by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. It appears Brown's office is leaving it up to NYPD to decide whether prosecutors will pursue a case.
October 8, 2013
NYPD and Media Declare “Accident” as Another Child Killed by NYC Motorist
For at least the seventh time in 2013 and the second time in 10 days, a New York City motorist has struck and killed a young child.
October 7, 2013
With No Charges From Cy Vance or NYPD, Curb-Jumping Cabbie Driving Again
Six weeks after cab driver Mohammed Himon drove onto a Midtown sidewalk and hit tourist Sian Green, severing her leg, Green is back home in England. Meanwhile, Himon is again driving a taxi, as no charges have been filed against him by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance.
October 2, 2013
Van Bramer Calls for Traffic Calming After Hit-and-Run Death in Woodside
Luis Bravo's death at the hands of a hit-and-run driver wasn't the first warning sign about the dangers of walking along Broadway between 69th Street and Northern Boulevard in Woodside. In March of last year, Ed Surmenian, who lives at the intersection with 61st Street, said drivers regularly speed down Broadway and contacted Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer to complain.
October 2, 2013