Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Lorenzo Anderson to Queens DA Richard Brown: “We Want Justice”
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Add another case to Brown's record of declining to pursue charges against drivers who kill people and flee the scene.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run
NYPD Rejects Request for Records on Hit-and-Run Killing of Neftaly Ramirez
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As long as police and prosecutors refuse to disclose information about the death of Neftaly Ramirez, the public has no way to know how they determined not to press charges.
Will NYC’s New Alert System Improve NYPD’s Abysmal Hit-and-Run Arrest Rate?
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To help NYPD catch hit-and-run drivers, this weekend the city will launch an Amber Alert-style system to notify the public when a serious crash happens. Most drivers who critically injure or kill people and leave the scene in NYC are never arrested.
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Steven Morales, 36, Cycling on LaGuardia Access Road
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More airport workers are biking to LGA, but the Port Authority has not followed through on its own plans to provide safe cycling access. If it had, Steven Morales might be alive today.
The Action Carting Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez and Left the Scene Was Not Licensed to Drive the Truck
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Yet it appears Mayor de Blasio won't let the company's horrendous safety record interfere with its city contracts. Meanwhile, a lawsuit brought by Ramirez's family alleges shoddy investigative work on the part of NYPD and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
Eric Gonzalez and Bill de Blasio Give Action Carting the Go-Ahead to Keep Killing People
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Gonzalez will file no charges against the Action Carting driver who killed Brooklyn cyclist Neftaly Ramirez and left the scene.