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With Driver’s Sentence Hidden, Public Doesn’t Know If Eric Gonzalez Got Justice for Chooi Tan
Gonzalez agreed to a plea deal with the unlicensed driver who killed Tan on a Canarsie sidewalk with a stolen car. The terms were sealed by the judge, according to the DA.
June 12, 2018
Brad Lander Bill Would Empower City to Rein In Repeat Traffic Camera Violators
The “Reckless Driver Accountability Act” would flag drivers who are routinely ticketed by traffic enforcement cameras before they cause irreversible harm.
June 5, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Cyclist Aaron Padwee in Long Island City
By failing to enforce the law against dooring, NYPD is signaling to motorists and passengers that they don't have to look out for cyclists.
May 30, 2018
Eric Gonzalez Convicts Drunk Driver of Manslaughter for Killing Cyclist on Gerritsen Avenue
DOT installed a bikeway and other safety measures on Gerritsen after a drunk driver killed Sean Ryan.
May 18, 2018
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Indicts Driver Who Killed Two Kids on 9th Street for Manslaughter
The DA says Dorothy Bruns ignored doctors' instructions to stop driving months before she hit Joshua Lew and Abigail Blumenstein.
May 3, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Fatally Doored Delivery Cyclist Juan Pacheco
Dooring is illegal, and has caused at least five cyclist fatalities since 2012. But NYPD isn't ticketing drivers who do it.
April 27, 2018
NYPD Could Have Taken Dorothy Bruns Off the Road Before She Killed 2 Kids, If Cops and DAs Cared About Traffic Violence
Months before she killed Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, NYPD says Dorothy Bruns injured a woman in Long Island City and fled the scene. Police did nothing about it.
March 23, 2018
Will NYC’s New Alert System Improve NYPD’s Abysmal Hit-and-Run Arrest Rate?
To help NYPD catch hit-and-run drivers, this weekend the city will launch an Amber Alert-style system to notify the public when a serious crash happens. Most drivers who critically injure or kill people and leave the scene in NYC are never arrested.
March 16, 2018
Driver Who Killed Phil O’Reilly Had a History of Speeding and Red Light Tickets
The same Nissan was cited for speeding five times in less than two years and a red light violation two months before O'Reilly was killed.
March 13, 2018
DA Eric Gonzalez and NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 2 Kids in Crosswalk
Video shows Dorothy Bruns run a red light before striking the children, ages 1 and 4, and their mothers. The car Bruns was driving has been tagged for four red light violations and four school zone speeding violations since 2016.
March 6, 2018