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OPINION: The Manhattan DA Must Seek Justice for Traffic-Violence Victims


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Today we are publishing two contrasting op-eds by candidates for Manhattan District Attorney about how reckless drivers should be punished. One, by Liz Crotty, is here. Below is a counterpoint by Assembly Member Dan Quart.
The city’s response to its epidemic of traffic violence has been woefully inadequate: In the vast majority of cases, a driver hits and kills a pedestrian or cyclist, calls the collision an “accident,” and faces few or no consequences.
Take the case of Cooper Stock in 2014, a cabbie mowed down the 9-year-old boy while he walked in a crosswalk, holding the hand of his father (who was injured). District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. ticketed the driver for careless driving and failure to yield, fining him $580 and suspending his license for six months. Vance brought those non-criminal charges 11 months after the crash, and only following ....

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NYC's Streets Got Deadlier In 2020


NYC’s Streets Got Deadlier In 2020
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Jose Contla was killed in late February by a hit-and-run driver in late February. Police have still not made an arrest.
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Before 26-year-old Jose Contla was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Bensonhurst late last February on his way to work, his wife had an unsettling feeling.
“Six months before he passed, all those six months, everything was perfect,” Marisol Contla told Gothamist/WNYC. “One day I told my sister-in-law and my mother-in-law, I’m scared that something may happen to him, because he seems to be perfect.”
Marisol and Jose met when they were 16 and 14 years old, respectively, though initially Jose added two years to his age. ....

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