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DMV Cheating Cyclists With Unlawful Surcharges and License Points
As NYPD’s latest bike ticket blitz -- "Operation Safe Cycle" -- rolls into its second week, here at my law firm we’ve been getting more than the usual number of phone calls and emails from cyclists with questions about summonses. Usually the big question in these discussions is whether to plead guilty, not how to plead guilty. But now it appears that if you pay your fine online for a moving violation while cycling, you’ll probably be paying an $88 surcharge that you shouldn’t be, and getting points on your license that don’t belong there.
August 19, 2014
Bronx DWI Pedestrian Killer Gets 90 Days and Six-Month License Suspension
A judge sentenced a convicted drunk driver to just 90 days in jail and a six-month license suspension for killing a pedestrian in the Bronx.
April 2, 2014
Until Now, NYS DMV Shielded Driver Violation Histories From Prosecutors
Governor Cuomo announced this week that the state Department of Motor Vehicles will make additional traffic violation data available to prosecutors, but it's too soon to tell if the change will help make more cases against dangerous drivers.
March 5, 2014
Will the New York DMV Keep an Unlicensed Killer on the Road?
When a driver in New York loses his license, it's up to the state Department of Motor Vehicles to decide when, or if, he gets it back. Based on a recent hearing attended by Streetsblog, the DMV adjudication process at times relies primarily on testimony from drivers involved in fatal crashes, rather than police reports or other evidence.
February 28, 2014
Cuomo’s Office Opens Up Transpo Data, But Not Crash Locations
On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced a new raft of publicly-accessible data on the state's data transparency website, data.NY.gov. Some of the data sets include information that was already accessible in different forms, while other sets are newly available to the public. The release also includes detailed information about individual crashes from the Department of Motor Vehicles, but it falls short by failing to say where crashes occur.
July 26, 2013
How Cuomo Could Expand DWI Effort to Target All Serial Dangerous Drivers
Governor Cuomo announced Monday that new DMV drivers license rules have taken thousands of dangerous motorists off New York State roads. The changes set an important precedent by mandating the permanent revocation of driving privileges for the worst drunk driving offenders. But since the new policies apply only to DWI violations, the state is still allowing thousands of reckless drivers to keep their licenses.
May 22, 2013
New York DMV No Longer Describes Traffic Crashes as “Accidents” [Updated]
A sharp-eyed reader pointed out to us that the New York State DMV has stopped using the word "accident" in its annual statistical summaries.
February 14, 2013