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Driver Charged in ‘Accident’ That Killed Upper West Side Senior
A driver who killed an Upper West Side senior in May — a crash that one cop said was just an "accident" — has been charged in the death, police said.
July 12, 2023
IT’S OVER: State’s Highest Court Sets Aside Last Challenges to City’s ‘Right of Way’ Law
It turns out it IS a crime to drive with negligence and then hit someone with your car.
October 12, 2021
OPINION: A Livable Streets Agenda for the 2021 Mayor’s Race … And Beyond
A rare op-ed from the city's leading lawyer for victims of road violence.
January 21, 2021
Staten Island Pedestrian Run Down and Killed — Driver Gets Summons
A Staten Island driver fatally struck a senior citizen in a crosswalk last week, but ended up receiving just a minor summons, cops said.
January 20, 2021
Bus Driver Who Killed Citi Bike Rider Dan Hanegby Wants Failure-to-Yield Law Thrown Out
Lawyers for a bus driver who was found guilty of killing a Citi Bike rider in 2017 want the state's highest court to rule the city's Right of Way Law unconstitutional.
October 19, 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
EDITORIAL: Mayor Has Some Nerve Disputing Streetsblog’s Facts — And Saying Our ‘Worldview’ is Biased
At an otherwise unrelated press conference on Wednesday, Mayor de Blasio dismissed our spate of recent reporting of ineptitude by NYPD officers.
November 21, 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
Mother Of Slain Brooklyn Cyclist Wants Her Son’s Tribute Sign Back
Mathieu Lefevre's last moment on earth was at the corner of Morgan and Meserole in Williamsburg. The sign memorializing the moment of his death has been removed.
September 19, 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
