Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cy Vance

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Woman on Midtown Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2015 | 27 Comments

Update: Newsday identified the driver as Dimas Debrito. A driver who hit three people on a Midtown sidewalk, killing a 24-year-old woman, was not charged with a crime by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. On Monday August 10, at around 4:24 p.m., Mallory Weisbrod was walking along Second Avenue at E. 49th Street when […]

Driver Pleads to Felony in Hit-and-Run Death of Manhattan Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2015 | 5 Comments

A driver who killed a Union Square pedestrian pled guilty to a felony hit-and-run charge this week. Doohee Cho, 33, was crossing Fifth Avenue between E. 15th and E. 16th streets in the early morning hours of September 28, 2014, when Macgyver Beltran hit him with a Chevrolet sedan, according to published reports. Police arrested […]

NYPD: Driver Error Caused Crash That Killed Mike Rogalle

By Brad Aaron | Aug 5, 2015 | 20 Comments

NYPD determined that a driver pinballing down a Manhattan street caused a curb-jump crash that killed a pedestrian, but police and District Attorney Cy Vance filed no charges. UPS delivery man Mike Rogalle, 58, was working his Financial District route on April 17, 2012, when an SUV driver ran him over on the sidewalk outside 15 Beekman […]

Vance Nets Felony Indictment for Driver in Beekman Sidewalk Hit-and-Run

By Brad Aaron | Jul 22, 2015 | 9 Comments

A woman accused of deliberately driving onto a sidewalk in the Financial District, injuring a pedestrian, and leaving the scene was indicted on felony charges today, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Vance says Tiffany Murdaugh was behind the wheel of her Dodge Challenger on the morning of April 13, 2015, when she drove […]

Cy Vance: Repeat Hit-and-Run Killer Shouldn’t Drive Again; Judge: Disagree

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2015 | 23 Comments

A driver who killed two people in separate hit-and-run crashes could be driving again in two years after a judge disregarded a sentencing recommendation from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. In 2013 Jack Montelbano ran over 69-year-old Shu Ying Liu with a private dump truck as Liu crossed 41st Street at Ninth Avenue in the crosswalk […]

Cy Vance to Albany: TWU Bill Would Hinder Cases Against Drunk Drivers

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2015 | 49 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance sent a letter to state lawmakers warning that a bill to prevent police from detaining bus and taxi drivers at crash scenes would undermine law enforcement’s ability to collect evidence of impaired driving. The bill, which sailed through the State Senate yesterday with no public notice and without a public hearing, would bar police […]

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