Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Running Down Five Children on a Sidewalk Is Legal in New York City

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2013 | 91 Comments

Warning: Graphic video DNAinfo is reporting that the driver who jumped a curb and hit five kids in Maspeth this morning, an incident captured on video, probably will not be charged. A surveillance tape shows a group of kids on a Grand Avenue sidewalk when the driver of a Honda SUV runs one of them […]

Abigail Lino, 24, Killed in the Bronx; Driver Charged With Leaving Scene

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

Friends gathered at a Bronx courthouse last week calling for justice for Abigail Lino, who was one of at least four New York City pedestrians killed by hit-and-run drivers in August. According to reports, Lino was outside a club in Longwood at around 3 a.m. on August 31 when she and others ran away after […]

Charles Hynes Has Not Filed Homicide Charge Against Alleged DWI Killer

By Brad Aaron | Sep 6, 2013 | 1 Comment

A motorist who allegedly killed a woman while driving drunk in Brooklyn two months ago has not been charged by District Attorney Charles Hynes for her death, according to court records. On July 5 at around 12:25 a.m., 27-year-old Roxana Gomez was walking at Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue when she was hit by a […]

Cabbie Blames Cyclist He Hit and Bike Lanes for Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2013 | 87 Comments

The Post is doing its best to assign partial blame to the cyclist who was struck by cab driver Mohammed Himon in Tuesday morning’s crash on Sixth Avenue, but the paper got Himon to confess that he intentionally stepped on the gas before mounting the curb and hitting Sian Green, the 23-year-old tourist who lost part […]

TLC Seeking 30-Day Hack License Suspension After Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2013 | 15 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission is moving to suspend the hack license of the cab driver involved in Tuesday’s curb-jump crash in Midtown, which would keep him off the job for 30 days. Meanwhile, the Post reports that NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says police are investigating the crash. The cabbie was identified in the press […]

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Investigating Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2013 | 25 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office is investigating Tuesday’s Midtown curb-jump crash, which injured three people, including a woman who lost part of her leg. “The midtown crash has been under investigation by the Vehicular Crimes Unit, including one of the Office’s most senior prosecutors, since it happened yesterday,” wrote Vance spokesperson Erin Duggan in […]

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