Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Family of Victoria Nicodemus Demands Justice for Victims of Traffic Violence

By David Meyer | Dec 23, 2015 | 13 Comments

Before she was killed on December 6 by an unlicensed curb-jumping driver, 30-year-old Victoria Nicodemus was making a name for herself as an art curator. Last night, her colleagues at Indiewalls joined with her family, local electeds, and nearly 60 local residents to connect her life’s work with a call for justice for victims of traffic violence. […]

Tonight: Vigil in Fort Greene for Victoria Nicodemus

By David Meyer | Dec 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

Two weeks ago, a curb-jumping driver struck and killed Victoria Nicodemus in Fort Greene. Tonight, her family and coworkers will join with electeds and advocates to demand justice for victims of traffic violence. The public is invited to attend. On Sunday, December 6, at 5:30 p.m., Nicodemus, 30, was walking with her boyfriend along Fulton Street when Marlon Sewell, […]

DOT: 1,382 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 19 Killed in November

By Brad Aaron | Dec 21, 2015 | 44 Comments

Twenty-five people died in New York City traffic in November, and 4,466 were injured, according to DOT’s Vision Zero View crash data map. As of the end of November, DOT reported 131 pedestrians and cyclists killed by city motorists this year, and 13,705 injured, compared to 146 deaths and 13,563 injuries for the same period […]

Will Meaningful Hit-and-Run Reform Be on Albany’s 2016 Agenda?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 14, 2015 | No Comments

Governor Cuomo has vetoed bills that would have set back efforts to reform state hit-and-run statutes. For years, prosecutors and traffic safety advocates have asked Albany lawmakers to fix state law that rewards drunk drivers who flee the scene of a serious crash, since the penalty for hit-and-run can be less severe than the penalty for drunk drivers who stay at the […]

How Seriously Does Queens DA Richard Brown Take Hit-and-Run Killings?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

As family members rallied for justice for Queens hit-and-run victim Ovidio Jaramillo yesterday, District Attorney Richard Brown agreed to drop felony charges against another driver who left a pedestrian to die in the street. Raul Reyes hit Kamil Gorski with a van on Metropolitan Avenue on the evening of February 3, 2015, knocking the victim to the roadway, according […]

4 Times DA Ken Thompson Pursued Token Charges Against Unlicensed Killers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

Police and prosecutors say Marlon Sewell was driving without a valid license when he struck Victoria Nicodemus and two other people on a Fort Greene sidewalk last Sunday, killing Nicodemus and injuring her boyfriend and the third victim. According to the Post and DNAinfo, Sewell was also arrested for unlicensed driving last March, and in November was summonsed for […]

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