Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DMV

Why Was New York State DMV Live-Tweeting the New York Auto Show?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 2, 2015 | 10 Comments

First-ever CT6 Cadillac. The brand will leverage its NYC base to market this prestige class auto to some 50 countries pic.twitter.com/IhKOKvX1l6 — NYS DMV (@nysdmv) April 1, 2015 The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles was live-tweeting the New York International Auto Show yesterday. Why would staffers at the government agency charged with regulating motor vehicles and their […]

DMV Suspends License of Driver Who Killed Mathieu Lefevre for Six Months

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles found the truck driver who killed Brooklyn cyclist Mathieu Lefevre responsible for the collision and suspended his driver’s license for six months. Leonardo Degianni’s DMV safety hearing took place on March 2, three-and-a-half years after he hit Lefevre at the intersection of Morgan Avenue and Meserole Street. At […]

No Word on Whether Trucker Who Killed Mathieu Lefevre Will Keep License

By Brad Aaron | Mar 2, 2015 | 4 Comments

More than three years after the crash, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles held a hearing today to determine whether to take action against the truck driver who killed cyclist Mathieu Lefevre. But Lefevre’s family will have to wait on a DMV decision. Lefevre, 30, was killed just after midnight on October 19, 2011, while […]

DMV Revoked License of Driver Who Killed Allison Liao for Just 30 Days

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2015 | 19 Comments

The motorist who killed 3-year-old Allison Liao could be back behind the wheel before long, as the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles revoked his license for just 30 days. Following a hearing in early January, DMV administrative law judge Sidney Fuchs determined that Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh failed to yield the right of way when he ran over Allison […]

Last Call to Make Sure DMV Properly Refunds Biking Tickets

By Steve Vaccaro | Jan 27, 2015 | 6 Comments

Last summer, we learned that the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles was charging motorist-only surcharges of $88, and applying motorist-only driver’s license penalty points, to cyclists who pled or were found guilty of traffic violations. Our law firm brought a class action to address DMV’s unlawful penalization of cyclists as if they were drivers. DMV’s response? […]

DMV Revokes License of Driver Who Killed Allie Liao

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2015 | 16 Comments

Chris Robbins at Gothamist reports that the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the license of Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh, who struck and killed 3-year-old Allie Liao in a Queens crosswalk in 2013. The decision by administrative law judge Sidney Fuchs reinforces the importance of DMV safety hearings as a venue to ensure that reckless […]

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