Traffic Justice
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4 Times DA Ken Thompson Pursued Token Charges Against Unlicensed Killers
Police and prosecutors say Marlon Sewell was driving without a valid license when he struck Victoria Nicodemus and two other people on a Fort Greene sidewalk last Sunday, killing Nicodemus and injuring her boyfriend and the third victim. According to the Post and DNAinfo, Sewell was also arrested for unlicensed driving last March, and in November was summonsed for speeding in school zones three times in one week.
December 9, 2015
TA Report: NYC District Attorneys Are Failing to Lead on Vision Zero
New York City district attorneys are not using the power of their offices to deter acts of traffic violence by holding reckless drivers accountable for harming innocent people, according to a new report from Transportation Alternatives.
December 8, 2015
Today: Urge Cuomo to Amend or Kill Disastrous Albany Hit-and-Run Bill
District attorneys and traffic safety advocates across the state are asking Governor Cuomo to kill a bill that would stall efforts to reform state laws that create an incentive for drunk drivers to leave the scene of harmful crashes.
December 2, 2015
Richard Brown: Homicide Conviction for Driver Who Killed Betty DiBiaso
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown won a homicide conviction against a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman near Astoria Park last summer.
November 20, 2015
DOT: Drivers Injured 1,536 Pedestrians and Cyclists in October, and Killed 19
Twenty-five people died in New York City traffic in October, and 5,009 were injured, according to DOT’s Vision Zero View crash data map.
November 19, 2015
Cy Vance: Homicide Conviction for Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in Crosswalk
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has secured a homicide conviction against the driver who killed a pedestrian in an Upper West Side crosswalk.
November 18, 2015
Richard Brown: Probation for Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer
A driver charged with felony hit-and-run and unlicensed driving got probation and a few days of community service for a crash that killed a pedestrian, as a result of a plea deal with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
November 16, 2015
DA Ken Thompson: Felony Plea for Driver Who Killed Roshard Charles, 5
A driver who fatally struck a little boy in Crown Heights and left the scene has pled guilty to felony hit-and-run.
November 11, 2015
NYPD: “No Criminality” When MTA Bus Driver Kills Senior and Leaves Scene
Update: Bus driver Paul Roper was charged with felony leaving the scene, failure to yield, and careless driving, according to NY1.
November 3, 2015
Civil Suit Compels Man Who Killed Ally Liao to Stop Driving for 5 Years
A bereaved family has done what NYPD, city district attorneys, and the New York State DMV usually fail to do: impose meaningful sanctions against a reckless driver, who in this case took the life of 3-year-old Allison Liao.
October 29, 2015