Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Vance Charges Vehicular Assault for Terrifying East Village Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Jul 18, 2013 | 5 Comments

A motorist who allegedly left a path of carnage and destruction in the East Village a month ago has been charged by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance with vehicular assault, a felony. Shaun Martin, 32, of Bayside, was racing down Second Avenue in a Nissan sedan just before 7 a.m. on June 19 when he […]

Robert Johnson Charges Reckless Endangerment for Bronx Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2013 | 7 Comments

A motorist accused of killing a pedestrian in the Bronx has been charged with reckless endangerment by District Attorney Robert Johnson. Though the driver was allegedly breaking multiple laws at the time of the crash, he was not charged with a more serious offense under the so-called “rule of two.” The 55-year-old male victim, the […]

Will the “Rule of Two” Trigger Hynes Probe Into the Death of Felix Coss?

By Brad Aaron | Jul 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

While the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau looks into the death of Felix Coss, the school teacher who was struck and killed by an officer driving a police vehicle in Williamsburg, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has yet to launch his own investigation. Coss, 61, was crossing Broadway at Hooper Street at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, in […]

Ariel Russo, 4, Killed by Unlicensed Teen and NYPD Pursuit Protocol

By Brad Aaron | Jun 5, 2013 | 71 Comments

The driver who allegedly struck and killed 4-year-old Ariel Russo and injured her grandmother during a police chase on the Upper West Side Tuesday morning has been charged with manslaughter. But if authorities and the media place 100 percent of the blame on a kid who tried taking the family car to school, a conviction […]

Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2013 | 50 Comments

Update: The Post and DNAinfo have identified the victims as Ariel Russo, 4, and her grandmother, Katia Gutierrez. The driver has been named as Franklin Reyes, 17. Correcting information released earlier today, NYPD now says Reyes has a record of one arrest, and it was not for robbery, according to the Post. A young child and […]

Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at NYC DOT

By Brad Aaron | May 17, 2013 | 9 Comments

A DOT employee who crushed a Manhattan pedestrian with a dump truck and left the scene was not charged with a crime, was cleared of all traffic violations, and remains on the payroll. It is unknown whether Harry Robinson is still driving vehicles for DOT, as the agency would not discuss details of his employment […]

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