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Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 6, 2019 | No Comments

No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?

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Pols Offer New Law on Reckless Driving

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 30, 2019 | No Comments

The days of "It was just an accident!" may soon be over.

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Weak Laws Protect Unlicensed Drivers

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

The father of the slain cyclist, 45-year-old Aaron Padwee, called it “a joke,” that will clearly do nothing to keep driver Agustin Osorio-Torres off the road.

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Lax State Law Protects Unlicensed Drivers Who Kill

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 9, 2019 | No Comments

“It’s part of our giant blindspot for the dangers of driving," a lawyer said.

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Manhattan Pol Wants To Change State Law To Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 7, 2019 | No Comments

Substituting one word could eliminate the notion that prosecutors need to prove that a driver was aware of his or her misconduct.

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Court to Local DAs: You Can Start Enforcing the Right-of-Way Law!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

A state appeals court has affirmed the legality of the city's "failure to yield" law, rejecting an argument by a killer driver that the law is unconstitutional because it effectively criminalizes a car crash.

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