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Leroy Comrie Bill Would Force NYPD to Report to Council on Hit-and-Runs
Queens City Council Member Leroy Comrie is set to introduce a bill that may have an impact on how NYPD approaches hit-and-run crashes, which kill dozens of NYC pedestrians and cyclists a year.
May 15, 2013
Hynes: No Charges for Curb-Jumper Who Blew Red and Killed Pedestrian
A Sheepshead Bay driver who ran a red light, jumped a curb and struck three people, killing one, has not been charged criminally by NYPD or Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.
May 13, 2013
NYPD: Pedestrian Killed Himself by Running Into Stopped Police Cruiser
NYPD has reportedly changed its story about what happened to Tamon Robinson, the man who suffered fatal injuries when he was chased by officers in a police cruiser through a housing complex in Brooklyn. Whereas witnesses said police ran Robinson over, NYPD now claims the victim killed himself by running into the police cruiser, which wasn't moving.
April 22, 2013
Liu: Increase NYPD Crash Investigation Staff Six-Fold
Buried in Comptroller John Liu's "People's Budget" proposal released last week (way below the part about bridge tolls that New Yorkers don't have to pay) is an interesting proposal about NYPD's crash investigation staffing.
April 19, 2013
Cyclist’s Brother Says NYPD Closed Investigation Into Unsolved Death
The brother of a man killed in an apparent dooring incident in the Bronx, a crash that NYPD failed to investigate for over a month, says police have stopped working the case due to a lack of evidence, DNAinfo reports.
April 18, 2013
Immune From Prosecution, Curb-Jumping NYC Motorists Claim More Victims
Denim McLean, the toddler who was one of 10 people struck by a curb-jumping motorist in East Flatbush last month, died from his injuries.
April 8, 2013
Irvin Gitlitz, 83, Was First of Two Pedestrian Fatalities Wednesday
The pedestrian killed by a truck driver at Flatbush and Atlantic on Wednesday has been identified as Irvin Gitlitz, 83, according to NYPD.
April 4, 2013
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Hit 10 People, Leaving Boy Brain Dead
A motorist jumped the curb and slammed into a bus stop and scaffolding in East Flatbush on Saturday, striking up to 10 pedestrians. Four people were hospitalized in critical condition, including a woman and her young son. According to the Post, Denim McLean, whose age has been reported as 2 and 3, is brain dead.
April 1, 2013
Sook-Ja Kim Killed by Motorist in Mosholu Parkway Median; No Charges Filed
A woman was struck and killed by a driver who jumped the curb and drove across a field near the Bronx Botanical Garden last weekend.
March 20, 2013
“No Criminality Suspected” Stencils Spotlight Lack of Traffic Justice
Last night, a group of activists traveled to the sites of eight traffic fatalities and stenciled paint memorials for those who lost their lives walking or biking in crashes for which NYPD declared "no criminality suspected" within hours of the crash. This morning, Time's Up! led a memorial bike ride to the eight crash sites.
March 15, 2013