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NYPD Rejects Request for Records on Hit-and-Run Killing of Neftaly Ramirez
As long as police and prosecutors refuse to disclose information about the death of Neftaly Ramirez, the public has no way to know how they determined not to press charges.
March 20, 2018
Will NYC’s New Alert System Improve NYPD’s Abysmal Hit-and-Run Arrest Rate?
To help NYPD catch hit-and-run drivers, this weekend the city will launch an Amber Alert-style system to notify the public when a serious crash happens. Most drivers who critically injure or kill people and leave the scene in NYC are never arrested.
March 16, 2018
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Steven Morales, 36, Cycling on LaGuardia Access Road
More airport workers are biking to LGA, but the Port Authority has not followed through on its own plans to provide safe cycling access. If it had, Steven Morales might be alive today.
February 20, 2018
The Action Carting Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez and Left the Scene Was Not Licensed to Drive the Truck
Yet it appears Mayor de Blasio won't let the company's horrendous safety record interfere with its city contracts. Meanwhile, a lawsuit brought by Ramirez's family alleges shoddy investigative work on the part of NYPD and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
January 31, 2018
Eric Gonzalez and Bill de Blasio Give Action Carting the Go-Ahead to Keep Killing People
Gonzalez will file no charges against the Action Carting driver who killed Brooklyn cyclist Neftaly Ramirez and left the scene.
January 17, 2018
Adrian Blanc Was the Second Person Killed on the Same Union Square Block in 5 Years
Blanc was hit Tuesday as he crossed Union Square East at 14th Street. In 2012, at the other end of the block, Harry Robinson killed Roxana Buta with a DOT truck.
November 17, 2017
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Jeremy Morales at Nostrand and Church Avenues in Brooklyn
Morales was at least the eighth person killed by a hit-and-run driver while biking or walking in NYC in 2017. Most hit-and-runs in the city don't result in arrests or tickets.
October 2, 2017
Motorist Who Killed Matthew von Ohlen and Fled the Scene Convicted of Manslaughter
Juan Maldonado killed von Ohlen in the summer of 2016. On Monday, a jury convicted him of second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene, and reckless driving.
September 26, 2017
Speeding, Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Two Men in Brooklyn Pleads to Leaving the Scene
Efrin Lanfranco-Perez was not charged for killing Delmer Maldonado and Israel Turcios in a 2016 Cypress Hills crash. He could get probation under the terms of a plea deal with Acting-DA Eric Gonzalez, due in part to state law that incentivizes leaving the scene.
September 5, 2017
Bypassing the Courts, NYPD Clears Hit-and-Run Trash Hauler Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez
NYPD said the Action Carting driver "didn't realize" he ran over a man on a bicycle -- the same excuse police gave the media hours after the crash.
August 14, 2017
