Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

In Queens, Five Years in Jail and Six-Month License Suspension for DWI Killer

By Brad Aaron | Feb 7, 2013 | 7 Comments

A drunk driver who killed a Queens cyclist will be free to drive again in fewer than six years, under the terms of a plea agreement from District Attorney Richard Brown. Alex Batista was charged with second degree manslaughter, driving under the influence and leaving the scene after he ran down Roger Hernandez on Greenpoint […]

NYPD: Bus Driver Who Ran Woman Over Did Nothing Wrong

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2013 | 9 Comments

The bus driver who ran over and killed a woman in Canarsie last Friday broke no laws, according to NYPD. Lorraine Ferguson was crossing at Avenue K and 105th Street at approximately 7:15 a.m. when the driver, operating a private bus carrying disabled adults, struck her while turning left. Michael Ferguson, the victim’s husband, witnessed […]

Taxi Drivers Demand Justice for Mir Hossain, Killed by Speeding Driver

By Stephen Miller | Jan 23, 2013 | 6 Comments

Early Sunday morning, Mir Hossain, 35, was standing next to his double-parked cab on East 26th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues when a speeding SUV driver rear-ended his taxi, sending him flying to the pavement and killing him. This afternoon, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance held a memorial at the site of the crash, […]

Will Cy Vance and New York’s District Attorneys Push for Traffic Law Reform?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 9, 2013 | 4 Comments

On Tuesday the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York released its agenda for cleaning up and toughening state and federal gun laws. Manhattan DA Cy Vance, named to a one-year term as DAASNY president last summer, announced that the organization had sent a letter to Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders with a […]

Five Killed in Four Days: Holiday Season Marked by Pedestrian Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jan 2, 2013 | 6 Comments

In separate crashes in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx, city motorists killed five pedestrians between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Four of the crashes, which took the lives of a child and three young mothers, were hit-and-runs. At approximately 8:45 a.m. on December 28, 11-year-old Miguel Torres of Jackson Heights was crossing at Northern Boulevard and 80th […]

New Black Box Rule Isn’t Enough to Hold Drivers Accountable For Ped Crashes

By Tanya Snyder and Stephen Miller | Dec 17, 2012 | No Comments

Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a new rule requiring automakers to install event data recorders, known as EDRs or black boxes, in all light passenger vehicles. While the rule would expand the number of vehicles equipped to record critical information in the moments preceding a crash, that alone won’t aid […]

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