Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

DA Cy Vance: $250 Fine for Motorist Accused of Deliberately Striking Cyclist

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2014 | 157 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance dropped assault charges against a hit-and-run driver accused of intentionally ramming a cyclist with an SUV, allowing the defendant to plead guilty to leaving the scene and pay a small fine, according to court documents and the victim’s attorney, Steve Vaccaro. Vaccaro says the case was one of several handled […]

Speed Kills, But NYPD Won’t Open the Data

By Charles Komanoff | Oct 15, 2014 | 34 Comments

On the surface, the crashes that killed Jill Tarlov and Michael Williams last month could hardly have been more different. Williams, a 25-year-old rookie cop, was riding in an NYPD van on the Bruckner Expressway shortly after dawn en route to police the Peoples Climate March, when the driver of the van crashed into a […]

Motorist Fatally Strikes “Very Small” Pedestrian in Chinatown [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Oct 14, 2014 | 32 Comments

Update: The victim was identified as Sau Ying Lee, 90. Though NYPD said Lee had the right of way, according to Lee’s son no charges were filed against the driver by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. NYPD has filed no charges against a driver who killed a senior in Chinatown this morning. The victim, believed […]

NYPD: Failure to Yield Caused Crash That Left Cyclist Brain Dead; No Charges

By Stephen Miller | Oct 13, 2014 | 57 Comments

Update: Moström was removed from life support a week after the crash, according to the Post. No charges have been filed against the bus driver who left a Roosevelt Island cyclist brain dead last week, even though NYPD’s preliminary investigation shows the driver caused the crash by failing to yield to the cyclist. At 9:18 p.m. on […]

Council Members Press NYPD to Enforce the Law in Death of Sui Leung

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2014 | 28 Comments

Under a new Vision Zero law, a driver who critically injures or kills a pedestrian or cyclist who has the right of way is guilty of a misdemeanor. But nearly two months after it took effect, there is no evidence NYPD is applying the law, known as Section 19-190, as Mayor de Blasio and the City […]

Surviving a Walk in NYC Should Not Depend on Luck

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2014 | 35 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission says it doesn’t know anything about a cabbie who drove onto a Midtown sidewalk, hit a pedestrian, and crashed into a building earlier this week. Other than to deflect blame from the driver, NYPD has refused to release information about the crash. It happened Monday morning. From the Post: “He […]

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