Effort to Give DOT Crash Investigation Unit Ends Up Tilting Toward Expanding NYPD’s Role
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Well, if you can't beat 'em, expand 'em.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys
ANALYSIS: Is Jailing Killer Drivers the Only Way Forward for Street Safety?
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The indictment of a killer driver earlier this year is a turning point in how prosecutors hold drivers accountable — but it also might be an inflection point as the safe-streets movement confronts the role of incarceration in making roadways safer. A deep dive.
OPINION: The Manhattan DA Must Put Muscle Into Traffic Safety
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The office must establish a 'Vehicular Crimes Task Force' to investigate every death or serious injury, argues candidate Diana Florence, a former ADA.
‘Honest Mistake’? Brooklyn DA Detective Offers Poor Excuse for the Kind of Illegal Parking that Kills Cyclists
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Of all the people to park in a bike lane!
License Revoked For Driver Who Killed 10-Year-Old Boy Last Year
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The Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the license of the driver who killed a 10-year-old boy waiting at a bus stop in Midwood last year, a driver whom Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez declined to prosecute.
Warrant Out for Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old in Harlem Last Year
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Jaime Sabogal, who struck little Bertin DeJesus, failed to appear in court to answer graver charges.