Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

When Is NYC Law Enforcement Going to Use Hayley and Diego’s Law?

By Ben Fried | Nov 4, 2010 | 13 Comments

The driver who ran down 13-year-old Sarah Parris in front of Canarsie High School will apparently face no charges, despite indications in published reports that he disregarded a stop sign extended by a school bus driver. Parris was killed while crossing Rockaway Parkway midblock to reach Canarsie High School, just before 8:00 a.m. Monday morning […]

Kavanagh and Squadron Usher Hayley and Diego’s Law Into Effect

By Noah Kazis | Oct 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

“Careless driving is unacceptable.” That’s the message that State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh delivered today as they announced that Hayley and Diego’s Law, which they sponsored and ushered through the legislature, is now in effect. “You can suffer serious consequences,” Kavanagh warned drivers. “That has not been true up to today.” […]

District Attorneys Can Start Enforcing Hayley and Diego’s Law Today

By Noah Kazis | Oct 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

Hayley and Diego’s Law takes effect today, giving law enforcement a new tool to use against dangerous drivers. With this law, district attorneys throughout New York state can bring the charge of “careless driving” against motorists who irresponsibly injure pedestrians and cyclists. In 2008 alone, traffic crashes killed 344 pedestrians and cyclists in New York […]

Paterson Signs Two Traffic Justice Bills Into Law

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Aug 16, 2010 | 10 Comments

On Friday evening, New York Governor David Paterson signed two bills intended to make streets safer by giving law enforcement greater leeway to bring charges against reckless drivers. Diego Martinez and Hayley Ng were killed when a van left idling and unattended careened backwards into a group of pre-schoolers on a Chinatown sidewalk. The driver […]

Hayley and Diego’s Law Might Be Enacted By Friday

By Ben Fried | Aug 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer at a rally for Hayley and Diego’s Law last month. Photo: Noah Kazis The only thing that can prevent the adoption of New York state’s first "vulnerable users law" is Governor Paterson’s veto pen. Hayley and Diego’s Law, named in memory of two pre-schoolers killed by a van left idling […]

From the Outset, NYPD “Suspected No Criminality” in Death of Max Mendez

By Ben Fried | Aug 2, 2010 | 28 Comments

The location where Max Mendez was killed by a tow truck operator last Friday, described in some press accounts as an "entrance ramp" to the Triborough Bridge. Image: Google Maps Three days after 6-year-old Max Mendez was killed by an MTA tow truck operator while walking with his mother to the Wagner Pool at 124th […]

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