Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Fields Another Challenge to the Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2016 | 2 Comments

@CBS @CNN @nypost Car flip 36th and Madison pic.twitter.com/SrEGhjLSwi — Justin Kundrat (@JustinKundrat) February 29, 2016 A livery cab driver who killed a senior in a Manhattan crosswalk last winter is challenging the constitutionality of the Right of Way Law. District Attorney Cy Vance filed a response defending the statute. At around 8:30 on the morning of […]

Driver Who Killed 3 People on Bronx Sidewalk Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2016 | 6 Comments

District Attorney Darcel Clark filed manslaughter and homicide charges against a motorist who fatally struck three people, including a child, on a Bronx sidewalk last year. Howard Unger was indicted this week on three counts of manslaughter, three counts of assault, three counts of homicide, one count of misdemeanor reckless endangerment, and one misdemeanor count of falsifying records, […]

NYPD: No Charges for School Bus Driver Who Killed Woman in Bronx Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2016 | 3 Comments

A school bus driver killed a woman in a crosswalk in University Heights last week. NYPD filed no charges. Carmen Puello, 43, was crossing Sedgwick Avenue at West Fordham Road at around 12:30 last Friday afternoon when the driver, eastbound in the center lane of West Fordham, struck her while turning right onto Sedgwick, NYPD told WCBS. “He […]

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Who Killed SI Pedestrian Found Guilty of Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2016 | 6 Comments

An off-duty NYPD officer was found guilty at trial last week for the hit-and-run killing of a pedestrian in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island. [Update: McClean was sentenced to one to three years in prison, fined $2,000, and had his drivers license revoked, according to the Staten Island Advance.] William Hemphill, 51, was crossing Richmond Terrace, near […]

Driver Who Killed Cyclist on City Island Bridge Pleads Guilty to Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Oct 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

A motorist who fatally struck a woman riding a bike on the City Island Bridge pled guilty to felony leaving the scene and homicide. Gabriela Aguilar-Vallinos was on her way home from work at around 11:45 p.m. on September 11, 2015, when Michael Moreno hit her with a Hyundai sedan, then left the scene. Aguilar-Vallinos sustained head trauma and died at […]

Drivers Killed Two Seniors in Manhattan and NYPD Filed No Charges

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2016 | 16 Comments

Drivers fatally struck two seniors in separate crashes in Manhattan in the last few weeks. NYPD filed no charges in either case. On August 23 at around 3:50 p.m., 85-year-old George Mamalas was crossing W. 93rd Street at West End Avenue when someone hit him with a box truck. NYPD told the West Side Rag […]

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