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Will Cy Vance and New York’s District Attorneys Push for Traffic Law Reform?
On Tuesday the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York released its agenda for cleaning up and toughening state and federal gun laws. Manhattan DA Cy Vance, named to a one-year term as DAASNY president last summer, announced that the organization had sent a letter to Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders with a host of proposals, ranging from restrictions on high capacity magazines to stiffer penalties for gun crimes and changes to mental health laws.
January 9, 2013
Is the Truck Driver Who Killed Roxana Sorina Buta Still Behind the Wheel?
NYC DOT has not responded to Streetsblog queries concerning the death of Roxana Sorina Buta, the woman allegedly struck and killed by a DOT truck driver in a hit-and-run crash near Union Square.
November 15, 2012
Buta Lawsuit: No Charges or Summonses for Manhattan Hit-and-Run Death
A Department of Transportation truck driver who killed 21-year-old Manhattan pedestrian Roxana Sorina Buta was not issued a summons or charged for leaving the scene, and could be behind the wheel today, according to a lawsuit filed by the Buta family.
October 23, 2012
Ray Kelly Ignores Council Member Inquiry Into Death of Rubin Baum
NYPD is being characteristically closed-mouthed concerning the crash that killed Upper East Side pedestrian Rubin Baum, as Commissioner Ray Kelly has ignored a request from a City Council member to be apprised of the department's investigation.
October 19, 2012
Stat Check: Manhattan Vehicular Killings Outpacing Gun Deaths in 2012
Last week, Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced the indictments of 16 defendants allegedly involved in illegal gun trafficking.
October 16, 2012
Few Answers From Vance About Traffic Crime Investigations
Safe streets advocates got a rare chance today to ask questions directly of a sitting city district attorney, even if they didn't get the answers they were looking for.
October 5, 2012
Garodnick Wants NYPD Investigation Into Death of Pedestrian Rubin Baum
City Council Member Dan Garodnick is asking NYPD for a "full investigation" into the weekend crash that killed Upper East Side pedestrian Rubin Baum.
September 27, 2012
Driver Cleared by Manhattan Jury in Hit-and-Run Death of Marilyn Dershowitz
Ian Clement, the U.S. Postal Service employee who drove a truck over cyclist Marilyn Dershowitz, then left the scene, has been found not guilty of hit-and-run by a Manhattan jury.
September 20, 2012
No Charges for Drivers Who Killed Seniors in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Two seniors have been killed by motorists in Manhattan and Brooklyn since Saturday. Both crashes were apparently precipitated by careless driving or negligence, according to reports, and both drivers were exonerated by NYPD.
September 18, 2012
How Prosecutors and Police Set the Table for a Hit-and-Run Killer’s Defense
The general public will probably never know if Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance was pressured into pursuing a case against the hit-and-run driver who killed Marilyn Dershowitz. But given the number of traffic death and injury cases that never see the inside of a courtroom, Ian Clement's attorney can viably employ such a seemingly irrelevant argument in his client's defense.
September 12, 2012