Mayor Adams spoke with constituents in Flushing for his second round of Community Conversations at the Al Oerter Recreaction Center Monday as part of his “Talk with Eric” series of
wants to expand the NYPD unit that investigates crashes.
In the wake of a city council hearing last week to determine the fate of the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad which the council wants to transfer to the Department of Transportation and then expand Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday announced that he supports only the expansion part, a policy his own NYPD denounced two years ago and again last week.
How we preciently covered last week’s hearing.
“We need to do more to investigate crashes because we need more consequence for crashes,” the mayor said on Wednesday. “So, yes, we should expand that capacity.”
NYPD Defends Handling Of Crash Investigations Under Pressure To Shift Authority To DOT
arrow The aftermath of a fatal crash in East Harlem in December FREEDOM NEWS TV
On a summer evening in 2014, Dulcie Canton was riding her bike though Bushwick when she was struck from behind by the driver of a Chevy Camaro. The driver fled the scene, leaving Canton with multiple broken bones and a concussion. As she recovered in the hospital, her friends, along the lawyer Steve Vaccaro, managed to collect security camera footage of the incident, and eventually traced the vehicle back to its owner.
Despite the evidence, the NYPD refused to even interview the driver. When Canton reached out to the 83rd precinct, she was informed that the detective in charge of her case had gone on vacation. They never called her back.
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