Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DMV

Mark Schroeder, Cuomo's nominee to head the state DMV. Photo: Schroeder's Facebook page

New York State Finally Has a New DMV Commissioner. Here’s What He Needs to Do

By David Meyer | Jan 30, 2019 | 11 Comments

Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder will fill a seat left vacant since Gov. Cuomo's first term. Streetsblog has a long list of actions he must take to make state roadways safer.

Senior Who Killed Pedestrian Madeline Sershen Pleads Guilty

By David Meyer | Sep 21, 2018 | 6 Comments

A slap on the wrist for a driver who killed.

Liberty Avenue intersection where a motorist killed Toolia Rambarose. Image: Google Maps

Motorist Who Killed Senior in Queens Crosswalk Pleads to Violating Victim’s Right of Way

By Brad Aaron | Aug 9, 2018 | 4 Comments

For killing Toolia Rambarose, 70, with a van in Richmond Hill last February, Kazim Mohammed was fined $50. His driving privileges were not interrupted.

Confirmed: The DMV and NYPD Are Cheating Cyclists Again

By Ben Fried | Aug 9, 2018 | 14 Comments

The Department of Motor Vehicles just can't seem to stop itself from tacking on erroneous $88 fines to cyclists who receive a traffic ticket.

More than 200 people rallied in Whitestone on Monday night to demand that DMV conduct road tests for older drivers. The protest follows the death of Maddie Sershen after an 88-year-old driver ran a red light on Utopia Parkway. Photo by Rita Barravecchio

Queens Residents Demand Retests for Older Drivers After 88-Year-Old Kills Teen In Whitestone

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 30, 2018 | 9 Comments

Drivers lose skills as they age, so why aren't they retested? More than 200 Queens residents rallied on Monday to ask that very question.

88-Year-Old Driver Runs Red, Kills Madeline Sershen, 17, in Utopia Parkway Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2018 | 19 Comments

Other than vision tests, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles does nothing to monitor the driving abilities of license-holders as they age.

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