Street Justice

Editor's note: Today Streetsblog NYC is pleased to launch "Street Justice," a new column that examines how the law, the courts, and the police affect street safety in New York. Street Justice is written by Steve Vaccaro and Adam White, two attorneys who've been valuable sources for Streetsblog over the years, adding an expert legal perspective to stories about cyclists and pedestrians injured in traffic. Their firm, the Law Office of Vaccaro & White, also pays for an ad on Streetsblog NYC's sidebar, and I'd like to make clear that the new column is not part of the advertising arrangement between Streetsblog and the firm. While it's impossible to completely separate the editorial and business decisions of an operation as small as Streetsblog, the decision to launch the Street Justice column was based on my experience relying on Vaccaro and White as sources, and on the potential for their expertise to illuminate issues of interest to our readers. I'm looking forward to running a new Street Justice every Tuesday.