Nearly 4,000 Drivers Banned for Life after DWI Convictions
Since adopting harsher penalties for drunk drivers three years ago, New York State has permanently revoked nearly 4,000 drivers’ licenses for serial...Read More
Record Number of Fines Issued for Illegal Airport Pickups
Over the past two years, the number of tickets issued by the TLC to taxi drivers for illegal airport tickets has skyrocketed...Read More
New York Traffic Lawyer: How Will New Technology Affect the Way We Drive?
While more and more technology comes out that seems to make driving safer, is it possible that it’s actually having the opposite...Read More
Study Shows New Yorkers Run Red Lights 10% of the Time
A new study looked at the stop light habits of New York drivers and found a disturbing statistic: on average, 1 out...Read More
New York Traffic Ticket Lawyer: What Happens When I Get a Traffic Ticket?
Traffic tickets are an unfortunate reality for New Yorkers. From crackdowns on speeding to heavy fines imposed on cell phone violations, drivers...Read More
Uber Drivers Turning Cars into Yellow Taxi Cabs
The TLC recently amended a law to allow cars that are not brand new to become yellow taxi cabs, and some drivers...Read More
Probe Finds Mixed Results for Vision Zero
The New York Daily News recently analyzed traffic data concerning 12 major thoroughfares that are directly impacted by Mayor de Blasio’s Vision...Read More
“Broken Windows” Takes Another Gun Off the Street…and also Faces a Class Action Suit
Police officers on patrol in the Bronx stopped a man for violating New York’s open container law and over the course of...Read More
Broken Windows has Support Amongst New Yorkers
While there are some in the City Council that want to roll back some of the efforts of Broken Windows policing by...Read More
Harlem Youth Fatally Struck by Livery Cab
A Harlem boy was fatally struck by a livery cab on Wednesday after school. No charges have been filed as of yet,...Read More
NYDOHMH Report Shows That Motor Vehicles are a Leading Cause of Death for NYC Children
A new report from the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shows that over 400 NYC children were killed as...Read More
New York City Traffic Lawyer: Don’t Text and Drive!
New York City has seen a big increase in the amount of traffic tickets issued to drivers who talk or text while...Read More
“Broken Windows” Policing Reduced Crime, Lowered Prison Population
Police Commissioner Bratton’s “Broken Windows” approach to policing, which aims to crackdown on low-level criminal offenses such as public intoxication and riding...Read More
Lawsuit Accuses Uber of Promoting Reckless Driving and Breaking NY Cell Phone Laws
A lawsuit brought against Uber by XYZ Two Way Radio Services and Elite Limousine Plus claims that the company’s drivers are a...Read More
NYC Cell Phone Tickets Skyrocket since Last Year
The number of NYC cell phone tickets handed out since last year increased by 50% due to police officers becoming much more...Read More
Judge Freezes NYC Taxi Medallions, Denies Seizure Request
A Manhattan judge has put a freeze on 87 medallions and taxi cabs owned by Gene Friedman, the “Taxi Kingpin,” but denied...Read More
More Uber Cars than Yellow Taxis in New York City
TLC data shows that there are 13,587 Yellow medallion cabs in New York City, compared with 14,088 Uber cars. The New York...Read More
Uber Forces “Taxi Kingpin” into Debt
Gene Friedman, known as New York City’s “Taxi Kingpin,” is facing foreclosure on at least 90 of his Yellow Taxi Cab medallions...Read More
Yellow Cab Fares Dip as Uber and Other Services Pick Up Steam
The TLC reported that yellow taxi cab rides dropped by 6% from 2013-2014, while black car pickups from app services such as...Read More