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No Charges: Witnesses Say Driver Who Killed Bronx Senior Ran Stop Sign

By Brad Aaron | Nov 8, 2013 | 10 Comments

A senior was killed in Mott Haven Tuesday by a motorist who witnesses said sped past a stop sign before striking the victim, jumping a curb and slamming into an apartment building. The driver was not charged or summonsed by NYPD. According to reports, Candida Acosta, 74, was crossing E. 141st Street at Beekman Avenue at […]

No Charges Filed for Pedestrian Deaths in Jamaica and East New York

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2013 | No Comments

Editor’s note: As we were finishing up this story, Gothamist reported that a 36-year-old cyclist was killed this morning in Claremont, and that another cyclist struck by a truck driver in Downtown Brooklyn earlier this month has died from his injuries. We will have more on these fatalities in a future post. Two pedestrians were […]

NYPD Charges 0.7 Percent of Drivers Who Injure and Kill With Careless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2013 | 12 Comments

Three years after Albany established the offense of careless driving, NYPD continues to apply the law in only a tiny fraction of crashes that result in the death or injury of pedestrians and cyclists. There were 152 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the city in 2012, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles, and […]

Still No Charges From Queens DA Brown Against Driver Who Hit Five Kids

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

Nearly a month after a motorist mounted a curb and hit a group of kids near a school in Maspeth, no charges have been filed by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. It appears Brown’s office is leaving it up to NYPD to decide whether prosecutors will pursue a case. On the morning of September 12, Francis […]

NYPD and Media Declare “Accident” as Another Child Killed by NYC Motorist

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2013 | 36 Comments

For at least the seventh time in 2013 and the second time in 10 days, a New York City motorist has struck and killed a young child. Allison Liao, 3, was crossing Main Street in Flushing with her grandmother at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday when she was hit by the driver of a Nissan SUV, […]

With No Charges From Cy Vance or NYPD, Curb-Jumping Cabbie Driving Again

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2013 | 23 Comments

Six weeks after cab driver Mohammed Himon drove onto a Midtown sidewalk and hit tourist Sian Green, severing her leg, Green is back home in England. Meanwhile, Himon is again driving a taxi, as no charges have been filed against him by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. The August 20 crash attracted international […]

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