Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DMV

88-Year-Old Driver Runs Red, Kills Madeline Sershen, 17, in Utopia Parkway Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2018 | 21 Comments

Other than vision tests, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles does nothing to monitor the driving abilities of license-holders as they age.

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Indicts Driver Who Killed Two Kids on 9th Street for Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | May 3, 2018 | 6 Comments

The DA says Dorothy Bruns ignored doctors' instructions to stop driving months before she hit Joshua Lew and Abigail Blumenstein.

Has DMV Relapsed Into Its Old Habit of Ripping Off Cyclists?

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2018 | 47 Comments

Four years after the Department of Motor Vehicles was caught systematically overcharging cyclists who received traffic tickets, the attorney who brought the scandal to light thinks the agency might be making the same mistakes again.

Scene of the crash that killed Giovanni Ampuero. Video still: WABC

86-Year-Old Driver Kills Giovanni Ampuero, 9, in Queens Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Apr 30, 2018 | 18 Comments

Motorists have killed five children walking or biking on NYC streets this year, compared to one such fatality in the first four months of 2017.

Vigil for Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew. Video still: WCBS

When We Treat Driving as a Fundamental Right, People Lose Their Lives

By Brad Aaron | Mar 7, 2018 | 15 Comments

Officials and the media are questioning how Dorothy Bruns, who posed such an obvious and significant threat to public safety, was allowed to drive.

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

People Are Dying Because Cuomo’s Leaderless DMV Is Failing to Regulate Dangerous Motorists

By Brad Aaron | Sep 20, 2017 | 5 Comments

The New York State DMV, which has been without a commissioner for years, is refusing to answer questions about this week's deadly Queens bus crash.

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