Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DMV

Until Now, NYS DMV Shielded Driver Violation Histories From Prosecutors

By Brad Aaron | Mar 5, 2014 | 4 Comments

Governor Cuomo announced this week that the state Department of Motor Vehicles will make additional traffic violation data available to prosecutors, but it’s too soon to tell if the change will help make more cases against dangerous drivers. A Monday press release from Cuomo’s office said prosecutors will in the future be able to obtain […]

Will the New York DMV Keep an Unlicensed Killer on the Road?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 28, 2014 | 15 Comments

When a driver in New York loses his license, it’s up to the state Department of Motor Vehicles to decide when, or if, he gets it back. Based on a recent hearing attended by Streetsblog, the DMV adjudication process at times relies primarily on testimony from drivers involved in fatal crashes, rather than police reports […]

Cuomo’s Office Opens Up Transpo Data, But Not Crash Locations

By Stephen Miller | Jul 26, 2013 | No Comments

On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced a new raft of publicly-accessible data on the state’s data transparency website, data.NY.gov. Some of the data sets include information that was already accessible in different forms, while other sets are newly available to the public. The release also includes detailed information about individual crashes from the Department of Motor Vehicles, but […]

How Cuomo Could Expand DWI Effort to Target All Serial Dangerous Drivers

By Brad Aaron | May 22, 2013 | 19 Comments

Governor Cuomo announced Monday that new DMV drivers license rules have taken thousands of dangerous motorists off New York State roads. The changes set an important precedent by mandating the permanent revocation of driving privileges for the worst drunk driving offenders. But since the new policies apply only to DWI violations, the state is still allowing […]

New York DMV No Longer Describes Traffic Crashes as “Accidents” [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 14, 2013 | 13 Comments

A sharp-eyed reader pointed out to us that the New York State DMV has stopped using the word “accident” in its annual statistical summaries. On its 2011 data web page, and in each of its 2011 reports, DMV refers to traffic crashes as “crashes.” “Accident” does not appear in any of the agency’s 2011 materials. […]