Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Albany Alert: Urge Governor Cuomo to Amend or Kill Hit-and-Run Bill

By Brad Aaron | Jul 20, 2015 | 2 Comments

District attorneys are calling on Albany’s three men in a room to amend or kill a bill that would affect future cases against drivers who leave the scene of a serious crash. Prosecutors and advocates have for years asked lawmakers to address a loophole in state law that gives hit-and-run drivers an incentive to leave the scene. […]

Cy Vance: Repeat Hit-and-Run Killer Shouldn’t Drive Again; Judge: Disagree

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2015 | 23 Comments

A driver who killed two people in separate hit-and-run crashes could be driving again in two years after a judge disregarded a sentencing recommendation from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. In 2013 Jack Montelbano ran over 69-year-old Shu Ying Liu with a private dump truck as Liu crossed 41st Street at Ninth Avenue in the crosswalk […]

DMV: Driver Who Killed Child in Crosswalk May Drive Again After Six Months

By Brad Aaron | Jul 14, 2015 | 20 Comments

Pursuant to a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles hearing, the former cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock will regain his driving privileges after six months. In January 2014 Cooper and his father Richard Stock were crossing an Upper West Side street in a crosswalk with the right of way when Koffi Komlani hit them […]

DMV: Six-Month Suspension for Driver Who Killed Sammy Cohen Eckstein

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2015 | 11 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles determined that the driver who killed 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein failed to exercise due care and did not have a valid license at the time of the crash. DMV administrative law judge Marc Berger suspended the driver’s license for six months. At around 5:15 p.m. on October […]

MTA Report on Fatal Bus Crash Doesn’t Say What the Post Says It Does

By Ben Fried | Jul 6, 2015 | 25 Comments

The Post ran a story today blaming the death of 64-year-old John Lavery in the Bronx last October on a broken street light, not the bus driver who struck him. But the very report cited by the Post, obtained by Streetsblog [PDF], reveals that the MTA’s internal investigation ruled the collision was preventable, and that driver Theresa Gallagher failed […]

Cy Vance Nets Felony Conviction of Driver Who Killed Senior Shu Ying Liu

By Brad Aaron | Jun 23, 2015 | 2 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance secured a felony hit-and-run conviction against a truck driver who killed a senior in Hell’s Kitchen. On February 5, 2013, Jack Montelbano ran over 69-year-old Shu Ying Liu with a private dump truck as Liu crossed 41st Street at Ninth Avenue in the crosswalk and with the right of way. […]

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