Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cy Vance

DA Cy Vance: Most Manhattan Traffic Deaths Aren’t Crimes

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2015 | 37 Comments

All Cy Vance wanted to do was talk computer crime at the Yale Club, but Sofia Russo, who lost her daughter to traffic violence, wouldn’t let him stick to the script. At a Crain’s breakfast in Midtown today, the Manhattan district attorney assured the capacity crowd that his office is going after gangs, targeting terrorists, and […]

Families of Traffic Violence Victims Demand Justice From District Attorneys

By Stephen Miller | Jan 12, 2015 | 6 Comments

Braving the cold, more than 150 people gathered on the steps of City Hall yesterday to demand that New York City’s five district attorneys begin filing charges against reckless drivers who kill and injure New Yorkers on the streets. “The five New York City district attorneys have failed to do their job,” said Amy Cohen, […]

Unlicensed, Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill First NYC Pedestrian Victims of 2015

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2015 | 6 Comments

Motorists struck four pedestrians in two crashes in Manhattan and the Bronx over the weekend, killing two victims. One driver in the Bronx was charged with leaving the scene and reckless driving, while another remains at large. The Manhattan motorist, operating a vehicle with TLC plates, was ticketed for driving without a license, though NYPD […]

Vance Deal: $400 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior in Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Dec 18, 2014 | 112 Comments

An unlicensed driver who fatally struck a senior as she crossed the street with the right of way will pay a $400 fine, pursuant to a plea arrangement with Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Keiko Ohnishi was walking with a cane across Madison Avenue at E. 98th Street on September 4 at around 9:47 a.m. […]

Does Cy Vance Use His Surveillance Camera Bank to Fight Traffic Violence?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2014 | 10 Comments

In New York City, if you hit someone with a motor vehicle and keep driving, odds are you will get away with it. NYPD made arrests in just 25 percent of fatal hit-and-run crashes in 2012, according to Transportation Alternatives. And in many cases where the driver is eventually identified, a simple “I didn’t see […]

Cy Vance Files Homicide Charge in Lower East Side Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 8, 2014 | 7 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance filed a homicide charge against a driver accused of killing a pedestrian on the Lower East Side in November. On the evening of November 24, the driver of a BMW sedan hit 57-year-old Robert Perry on the Bowery near Rivington Street, and kept driving until he hit a fire hydrant […]

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