Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys

The truck driver who killed a 3-year-old boy in Harlem last year says it was the mother's fault for not holding his hand. Photo: Citizen

Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”

Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez's office botched a case against a killer driver. His spokesman took exception to our coverage. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments

Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.

This is the car that a driver used to kill Stella Clinton last year. Photo: Ben Verde

Brooklyn DA Let Killer Driver Off The Hook for No Reason

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

Police had arrested 49-year-old John Sherman shortly after he struck and killed 85-year-old Stella Clinton as he reversed into his driveway. But Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez dropped the case.

NYPD Nabs, But Then Undercharges, Hit-and-Run Driver of Bike-Riding Pro Wrestler

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

But for some reason, he was not charged with the far-more-serious count of leaving the scene — which is punishable by up to seven years in jail.

Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments

No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?

As a politician, Manhattan DA Cy Vance has put forward a great bill to hold drivers accountable. As a prosecutor, he has failed to do so consistently. Photo: Adam Schultz

Kill a Woman With a Gun? Twenty Years to Life. Kill a Woman With a Car? A $750 Fine.

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 14, 2019 | No Comments

As a politician, Manhattan DA Cy Vance has put forward a great bill to hold drivers accountable. As a prosecutor, he has failed to do so consistently. A new case makes that crystal clear.

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