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DWI Convictions Will Finally Mean License Points in New York State
For the first time, New York driver convicted of drunk driving or aggravated unlicensed operation will receive points on their license.
Hochul, Legislators Reach Toll Evasion Crackdown Deal
Higher fines for covering a plate and for not paying tolls are part of the budget deal inked on Saturday.
Want Safer Streets? Get the Worst Drivers off the Road, Report Says
The city could save roughly 50 lives every year by simply getting the worst drivers off the road — but doing so is going to be a heavy lift at 1 Police Plaza, City Hall and in the state Capitol, a new report shows.
Data Dive: More Delivery Workers are Registering Their Mopeds
“If you have plates, [the police] won’t summons you,” Junior Pichardo told Streetsblog the other day on Flatbush Avenue. “They won’t bother you.”
Upper West Side Panel Backs Resolution to Rein in Dangerous Mopeds
Transportation committee members want the Department of Motor Vehicles, the city and the state to take a more active role against unregistered mopeds.
Cyclist Takes NYPD to Court Over Improper Red Light Tickets
State Lawmaker Seeks to Close Moped-Registration Loophole
New legislation in Albany seeks to eliminate — in one fell swoop — the use of illegal mopeds by requiring sellers of the devices to register them with the DMV before buyers could take them out of the shop.
Another DMV Employee Helped Disgraced Cop Cheat the System
For the second time in as many months, the NYPD has disciplined a police officer who claimed a DMV employee told him how to scam the agency's own system to get his car re-registered after allowing his insurance to lapse.
State DMV’s New Rules Could Kinda Sorta Make Roadways Safer
Of course, it all depends on enforcement and diligence of our motor vehicle officials and cops.
Enforcement of Illegal Batteries — and, Apparently, Mopeds — Starts on Saturday
The city says it will send out inspectors this weekend to begin enforcement of a new law prohibiting the sale of uncertified lithium-ion power cells.