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DMV: 90-Day License Suspension for Driver Who Killed Brooklyn Senior
Terrible policies that Andrew Cuomo's DMV refuses to reform are keeping deadly drivers on the roads.
March 28, 2017
Commercial Driver Kills 81-Year-Old Woman on Atlantic Avenue
Of 20 pedestrians killed on NYC surface streets in 2017, at least 13 were seniors.
March 21, 2017
Tow Truck Driver Kills Ping Xie, 81, in Flushing
Motorists have killed at least 19 people walking on NYC surface streets this year. Of 17 victims whose ages were reported, 12 were 65 or over.
March 14, 2017
NYC Failing to Protect Seniors From Dangerous Streets and Drivers
Of 21 pedestrians killed in traffic on NYC streets this year, 10 of them -- 48 percent -- were 65 or older. The toll during the first two months of 2017 highlights a longstanding fact: NYC seniors are especially vulnerable to traffic violence.
March 8, 2017
Motorist Kills Joseph Ranieri, 71, in Greenpoint
Ranieri was crossing Meeker Avenue between Bridgewater Street and Gardner Avenue at around 6 a.m. when he was struck by a motorist driving a Jeep. NYPD withheld the driver’s name, identifying him only as a 30-year-old man. Police filed no charges and said the investigation is “ongoing.”
March 7, 2017
Cab Driver Who Challenged ROW Law Pleads Guilty in Pedestrian Death
Livery driver Buddhi Gurung, who killed 77-year-old Carol Dauplaise on the East Side, pled guilty after a judge ruled against him. It was the second time Manhattan DA Cy Vance successfully fended off a constitutional challenge to the city's Right of Way Law.
March 2, 2017
Turning Cab Driver Severely Injures Senior on Nostrand Avenue
A livery cab driver was arrested after severely injuring a senior on Nostrand Avenue this morning, a few blocks from where a woman was fatally struck by motorists while crossing Nostrand last month. Nostrand is one of Brooklyn's most dangerous streets for walking, according to the borough’s DOT pedestrian safety action plan.
February 14, 2017
No Charges and Scant NYPD Information After Driver Kills Senior in Inwood
The case exemplifies the NYPD practice of releasing minimal information on serious traffic crashes.
February 7, 2017
85-Year-Old Driver Hits 3 on Brooklyn Sidewalk, Killing 1
There is no maximum age for driving in New York State. The DMV resources page for older drivers is six sentences long and refers people who are concerned about their driving skills to the AARP.
January 31, 2017
Motorist Kills 65-Year-Old Man on Main Street in Flushing
The victim was at least the fifth person killed while walking or biking this year on a street the city knows to be especially dangerous.
January 17, 2017
