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Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist
Update: The Post and DNAinfo have identified the victims as Ariel Russo, 4, and her grandmother, Katia Gutierrez. The driver has been named as Franklin Reyes, 17. Correcting information released earlier today, NYPD now says Reyes has a record of one arrest, and it was not for robbery, according to the Post.
June 4, 2013
Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at NYC DOT
A DOT employee who crushed a Manhattan pedestrian with a dump truck and left the scene was not charged with a crime, was cleared of all traffic violations, and remains on the payroll.
May 17, 2013
Immune From Prosecution, Curb-Jumping NYC Motorists Claim More Victims
Denim McLean, the toddler who was one of 10 people struck by a curb-jumping motorist in East Flatbush last month, died from his injuries.
April 8, 2013
Vance to Albany Obstructionists: Stop Blocking Speed Cams
Pretty much every line of Cy Vance's op-ed on the value of speed cameras is worthy of an excerpt. But the takeaway should be this: Every relevant sector of city government has endorsed the proposed NYC speed camera demonstration program.
April 3, 2013
Sook-Ja Kim Killed by Motorist in Mosholu Parkway Median; No Charges Filed
A woman was struck and killed by a driver who jumped the curb and drove across a field near the Bronx Botanical Garden last weekend.
March 20, 2013
Senate Committee Votes to Close Loophole in Careless Driving Law
Just hours after the City Council transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking Albany to take action, the Senate transportation committee advanced a bill, with an 18-1 vote, that would close a loophole in Hayley and Diego's Law, with the goal of increased enforcement of the state's careless driving law by police and district attorneys.
March 19, 2013
Ray Kelly, Cy Vance, and the Post Are Why NYC Kids Need Crossing Guards
In case you missed it, after years of bashing the city's efforts to make walking and cycling less dangerous, the editors of the New York Post have decided they care about children's safety. But in its Saturday editorial persecuting the crossing guard who was not present when 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck driver, the Post chose not to acknowledge that if police and prosecutors were doing their jobs, the NYPD crossing guard program would not be necessary in the first place.
March 4, 2013
Businessman Who Protested 1st Ave Safety Fixes: It’s the 9-Year-Old’s Fault
NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance are reportedly targeting a crossing guard for her supposed role in the death of 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba, who was killed by a truck driver in East Harlem Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a local businessman and community board member who waged a campaign against pedestrian refuges and protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues has publicly pinned the blame on the victim's 9-year-old brother.
March 1, 2013
Curb-Jumping Drivers Kill Women in Manhattan and Brooklyn; No Charges
Two pedestrians have been killed by curb-jumping drivers since Friday in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
February 25, 2013
Cy Vance: Driver Who Jumped the Curb and Hit Senior Not Reckless
A motorist who hit another vehicle, jumped the curb, struck a 90-year-old man and crashed into Saks Fifth Avenue was not driving recklessly, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance.
February 14, 2013