Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cy Vance

Maximum Penalty for Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock: 15 Days and $750

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2014 | 22 Comments

The cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock last January was charged this month with failure to exercise due care, a traffic infraction that carries a maximum 15-day jail sentence and a small fine. According to court records and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, an arrest warrant was issued for Koffi Komlani […]

Vance Brings Manslaughter Charge in Death of Pedestrian Charity Hicks

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2014 | 5 Comments

A motorist charged with manslaughter for the death of a Manhattan pedestrian is scheduled to appear in court later this week. Thomas Shanley, 35, was texting when he drove a Dodge SUV onto the curb on 10th Avenue near W. 34th Street at around 8:20 a.m. on May 31, striking a fire hydrant and a […]

Will NYPD Apply New Vision Zero Law to Cabbie Who Killed Woman on UES?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2014 | 17 Comments

NYPD has not filed charges against a cab driver who killed a pedestrian on the Upper East Side last week, despite indications that the crash may warrant a misdemeanor charge under a new city law. Available information suggests the cab driver failed to yield to a pedestrian with the right of way. According to press […]

Will Cy Vance Fail to Prosecute Another Serious Midtown Curb-Jump Crash?

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2014 | 15 Comments

New Yorkers have seen this before. On a beautiful summer day, a professional driver with a history of recklessness behind the wheel drives onto a crowded Midtown sidewalk, striking multiple people and causing serious injuries. The driver lays blame elsewhere, on factors he claims were beyond his control. Meanwhile, staff from Manhattan District Attorney Cy […]

DA Thompson Plea Deal: Serial Unlicensed Driver Fined $250 for Deadly Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 6, 2014 | 15 Comments

A serial unlicensed driver who killed a pedestrian will pay a few hundred dollars in fines pursuant to a plea deal with Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Two motorists hit 32-year-old Nicole Detweiler as she crossed McGuinness Boulevard at Nassau Avenue in the early evening hours of December 29, 2013. She died at the scene. According […]

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Won’t Prosecute Cab Driver Who Killed 9-Year-Old

By Brad Aaron | May 22, 2014 | 37 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance will file no criminal charges against the cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock and injured his father in an Upper West Side crosswalk in January. Lisa Belkin of Yahoo News reports that prosecutors met Wednesday with Cooper’s parents, Richard Stock and Dana Lerner. “They told me there is nothing […]

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