OPINION: The Manhattan DA Must Seek Justice for Traffic-Violence Victims
It’s our December donation drive. Your gift helps us do these kinds of important stories. So please click here. 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 Coop...
Source: streetsblog.org