Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys

How Seriously Does Queens DA Richard Brown Take Hit-and-Run Killings?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

As family members rallied for justice for Queens hit-and-run victim Ovidio Jaramillo yesterday, District Attorney Richard Brown agreed to drop felony charges against another driver who left a pedestrian to die in the street. Raul Reyes hit Kamil Gorski with a van on Metropolitan Avenue on the evening of February 3, 2015, knocking the victim to the roadway, according […]

4 Times DA Ken Thompson Pursued Token Charges Against Unlicensed Killers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

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 […]

TA Report: NYC District Attorneys Are Failing to Lead on Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Dec 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

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. TA researchers worked with representatives from all five DA’s offices for “Justice Denied: New York City’s District Attorneys Plead Out […]

Richard Brown: Homicide Conviction for Driver Who Killed Betty DiBiaso

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2015 | 3 Comments

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown won a homicide conviction against a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman near Astoria Park last summer. Betty Jean DiBiaso was leaving the park at around 12:26 a.m. on June 27 when Nicholas Colleran, 24, ran a stop sign and hit her with a Chevrolet sedan as she crossed Ditmars Boulevard […]

Cy Vance: Homicide Conviction for Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Nov 18, 2015 | 4 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has secured a homicide conviction against the driver who killed a pedestrian in an Upper West Side crosswalk. Jean Chambers was crossing West End Avenue at W. 95th Street at around 11 a.m. on July 10, 2014, when Roberto Mercado hit her with an SUV as he made a left […]

Richard Brown: Probation for Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer

By Brad Aaron | Nov 16, 2015 | 3 Comments

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. On the evening of February 22, the unidentified victim was crossing at 76th Street and Woodside Avenue, […]

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