Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Alan Dershowitz: Vance Dragging His Feet on Fatal Crash Investigation

By Ben Fried | Jul 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

Adam Lemire at the Daily News reports that Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is losing patience with the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Dershowitz’s sister-in-law, Marilyn Dershowitz, was killed by a postal truck driver as she biked on West 29th Street last weekend. The driver left the scene and had to be tracked […]

No Charges From Cy Vance for Killing of Yolanda Casal

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2011 | 27 Comments

The man who killed an Upper West Side pedestrian and injured a second while backing up in pursuit of a parking spot made his first court appearance last Friday on a charge of driving without a license.On June 30, Yolanda Casal, 78, and her 41-year-old daughter Anais Emmanuel were crossing Amsterdam Avenue near West 98th […]

Will Vance Prosecute Driver Who Killed Yolanda Casal for Deadly Negligence?

By Brad Aaron | Jul 1, 2011 | 12 Comments

A woman is dead her daughter injured after they were struck by an unlicensed driver on the Upper West Side on Thursday. Anais Emmanuel and her mother, 78-year-old Yolanda Casal, were crossing Amsterdam Avenue near West 98th Street around 5 p.m. when Edwin Carrasco, 38, backed his Ford Explorer into them while gunning for a […]

What We Don’t Know About the Crash That Killed Aileen Chen

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 9, 2011 | 127 Comments

Here are a dozen questions pertaining to the crash that took the life of 16-year-old Stuyvesant H.S. student Aileen Chen as she rode her bicycle last Saturday a block from her home in Borough Park at around 6 p.m. How fast was the BMW traveling when Aileen and her bicycle first came into view? How […]

Staten Island Double Hit-and-Run Killer to Serve No More Than Five Years

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2011 | 7 Comments

The unlicensed, speeding, hit-and-run driver who killed an elderly Staten Island couple in 2009 has been sentenced to a maximum of five years in jail. Peter and Lillian Sabados, ages 78 and 77, respectively, were crossing New Dorp Lane at Third Street on their way to Thanksgiving eve Mass when Allmir Lekperic, exceeding the 30 […]

Unlicensed Drivers of Private Cars a Far Bigger Threat Than Tour Bus Drivers

By Noah Kazis | Mar 21, 2011 | 20 Comments

Last week’s tragic bus crash in the Bronx, which left 15 dead, has captured the attention of New York’s media and political elite. Since the crash took place nine days ago, the New York Times has published no fewer than seven articles updating its readers on every detail and development. Much of the attention has […]

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