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Reckless Drivers Aren’t Waiting for Vance Vehicular Crime Reforms
Traffic safety advocates were heartened last month by news that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance will make good on his campaign promise to devote more resources to investigating acts of vehicular violence. Vance has also pledged to get behind legislation, like Hayley and Diego's law, that would reduce the number of obstacles faced by law enforcement when seeking justice for those who have been injured and killed at the hands of reckless motorists. (We would add the proposed federal "black box" standard to the list of sorely-needed legislative actions.)
June 17, 2010
Manhattan DA Cy Vance Unveils Strategy to Expand Traffic Safety Resources
During last year's campaign for Manhattan District Attorney, Cy Vance came out with a broad traffic safety platform, promising to beef up investigations into deaths caused by drivers. Many of those commitments turned into official policy today, as Vance announced a significant expansion of the DA's vehicular crimes unit. Vance also pledged to support state and local legislation to help reduce the threat of dangerous driving on New York City streets.
May 27, 2010
DA Begins Inquiry Into NYPD-Involved Pedestrian Fatality
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office is beginning an inquiry into the collision that killed Karen Schmeer last Friday,
and expects to review all circumstances leading up the crash, according to a spokesperson. Witnesses
cited by the Daily News say cops pursued three men suspected of petty theft at an Upper West
Side pharmacy before the getaway driver hit Schmeer at Broadway and 90th Street. The man suspected of driving the car that struck Schmeer has been charged with second degree murder.
February 5, 2010
DA Offers Plea to Road Rager Gonzalez
At a hearing in criminal court on Monday, Manhattan prosecutors offered a plea deal to Gus Gonzalez, the driver who assaulted cyclist Ray Bengen in the Ninth Avenue bike lane last May.
January 13, 2010
Vance “Reviewing” Safir Hit-and-Run, Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is looking into last Friday's Upper East Side hit-and-run involving former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir and pedestrian Joanne Valarezo, as well as two recent incidents in which a pedestrian and cyclist were killed.
January 11, 2010
NYPD on Fatal Delancey Street Crash: “Looks Like It Was Just an Accident”
The police department confirmed this morning that no criminal charges have been filed against the bus driver who struck and killed a woman riding a bike on Delancey Street Tuesday afternoon. (The police have not released the identity of the victim, since the family hasn't been notified yet.)
January 7, 2010
Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds
Judged by statistics on violent crime, New York may be the safest big city in America. But its amazingly low murder rate masks a less encouraging trend: With 300 city-wide road deaths a year, reckless driving now rivals homicide as a mortal threat.
October 27, 2009
Vance to Speak at Traffic Justice Symposium
Next Tuesday's legal symposium on vehicular homicide, presented by Transportation Alternatives, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law, will feature a prominent special guest: presumptive Manhattan DA-elect Cy Vance.
October 21, 2009
Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend?
In the past 30 days, no fewer than seven pedestrians have been killed by motorists in New York City. True to form, the only drivers to face charges were those found to be intoxicated. The rest were granted instantaneous pardons by NYPD, several without as much as a blemish on their driving record.
October 15, 2009
Cy Vance Wasn’t the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA
Street safety wasn't mentioned in today's Daily News piece about Cy Vance, but Manhattan's next district attorney made clear that he intends to pursue, as the News put it, a "fresh agenda." And after Transportation Alternatives literally brought Vance and his opponents to the table to discuss the plague of
traffic crime, livable streets advocates have cause to expect major changes come January.
September 17, 2009