Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cy Vance

Sook-Ja Kim Killed by Motorist in Mosholu Parkway Median; No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2013 | 6 Comments

A woman was struck and killed by a driver who jumped the curb and drove across a field near the Bronx Botanical Garden last weekend. Sook-Ja Kim, 63, was in a wide grassy median that serves as a park area on Mosholu Parkway near Bainbridge Avenue when she was hit from behind by a motorist […]

Senate Committee Votes to Close Loophole in Careless Driving Law

By Stephen Miller | Mar 19, 2013 | 5 Comments

Just hours after the City Council transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking Albany to take action, the Senate transportation committee advanced a bill, with an 18-1 vote, that would close a loophole in Hayley and Diego’s Law, with the goal of increased enforcement of the state’s careless driving law by police and district attorneys. The law is named after […]

Ray Kelly, Cy Vance, and the Post Are Why NYC Kids Need Crossing Guards

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2013 | 7 Comments

In case you missed it, after years of bashing the city’s efforts to make walking and cycling less dangerous, the editors of the New York Post have decided they care about children’s safety. But in its Saturday editorial persecuting the crossing guard who was not present when 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck driver, […]

Businessman Who Protested 1st Ave Safety Fixes: It’s the 9-Year-Old’s Fault

By Brad Aaron | Mar 1, 2013 | 39 Comments

NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance are reportedly targeting a crossing guard for her supposed role in the death of 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba, who was killed by a truck driver in East Harlem Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a local businessman and community board member who waged a campaign against pedestrian refuges and protected bike lanes […]

Curb-Jumping Drivers Kill Women in Manhattan and Brooklyn; No Charges

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2013 | 20 Comments

Two pedestrians have been killed by curb-jumping drivers since Friday in Manhattan and Brooklyn. On Friday evening at approximately 5:40, Martha Atwater was struck by the driver of a Honda truck after she stepped out of Atlantic Bagels Cafe at the corner of Clinton Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. The unidentified motorist was […]

Cy Vance: Driver Who Jumped the Curb and Hit Senior Not Reckless

By Brad Aaron | Feb 14, 2013 | 12 Comments

A motorist who hit another vehicle, jumped the curb, struck a 90-year-old man and crashed into Saks Fifth Avenue was not driving recklessly, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Mansoor Day was taking his regular walk Wednesday morning when Richard Moussi, driving a Ford SUV with North Carolina plates, hit another vehicle, […]

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