Readers: Prosecute irresponsible drivers!
COURIER LIFE, AUG. 16-22, 2019 35
Police released the teen driver
who they said killed a cyclist in
Midwood on Sunday without charging
him, according to authorities.
Offi cers from the 66th Precinct
took the 18-year-old man
into custody on Aug. 11 after investigators
determined he sped
through a red light and T-boned
another car at the intersection of
Coney Island Avenue and Avenue
L at 12:30 p.m., causing the other
vehicle to slam into 52-year-old
Park Slope cyclist Jose Alzorriz,
killing him, cops said.
Video footage posted online
clearly shows the operator of a
white Dodge Charger blowing
past the red light and plowing
into a blue Honda SUV at speeds
that appear in excess of the blanket
25 miles per hour speed limit
Mayor Bill de Blasio set for most
city roadways in 2014.
Police have not issued any
summonses related to the collision,
according to NYPD spokeswoman
Det. Denise Moroney, who
would not say when the driver
was released, or comment on the
status of the investigation, except
to say it remains ongoing.
Readers were not pleased:
So we have an 18 year old with
more traffic violations than I’ve
had in 25+ years of driving... he
T-boned another vehicle at high
speed, causing someone’s *death*
but we don’t have any charges or
even any summonses? I’m not certain
felony manslaughter is warranted,
but this man should never
drive a motor vehicle again. And
I’m sure there are other options
on the spectrum between a murder
sentence and going home with a pat
on the back.
Tyler from pps
Killing someone with your car
is legal in New York. The NYPD
and Mayor de Blasio like it that
way.
Reader from Brooklyn
Absolutely disgusted with law
enforcement (NYPD/DA) in cases
like these, over and over and over.
If this murderer had chosen a gun,
would the headline be, “Killer Released
Without Charges: NYPD?”
Of course not! But oh, it was “only”
a car so maybe our neighbor isn’t
as dead as if he had been shot? I’m
outraged that PD/DAs don’t treat
these murders as crimes?
Boeingsandbikes
from Park Slope
How about reckless driving?
How about manslaughter? Reckless
endangerment? Failure to
yield? Violation failure to observe
due care? All convict-able. and its
the DA, not the PD that makes the
decision.
Sid from Boerum Hill
People don’t realize that it is
the Judges that let these people out
over an over again the justice system
in New York is one of the worst
in the country ,you can just about
do anything and not get jail time,
there is no one watching the courts
........
Bklyn guy from away
Who does this 18 year old know
that he gets a free stay out of jail
card? No charges?? The video
clearly shows him flying through a
red light and plowing into another
vehicle which then ricochets into
a cyclist killing him. Plus, a check
of his license plate shows that this
pea-brained teen has a history of
ignoring traffic laws. His negligent
parents should be ashamed of what
they raised.
BK from Bay Ridge
It was an accident. Hope you
haters are never the have cause of
one where someone gets hurt. I suppose
you’ll want them to throw the
book at you and you’ll want to rot
in jail.
Hate to hear from haters
Leave the B54 alone!
A Metropolitan Transportation
Authority scheme to cut service to
the B54 bus route drove dozens of
residents and business owners to
rally Thursday morning on Myrtle
Avenue in Clinton Hill, where
one straphanger said he was so
upset — he made cookies!
“I’ve never been in a situation
where someone takes away bus
service from a thriving neighborhood.
With that said, I made
some cookies. Let the sweetness
make up for the bitterness,”
said Theo Peck, owner of Peck’s
gourmet food market on Myrtle
Avenue, who brought cookies
featuring red and blue frosting,
which read “Save the B54,” to
the Aug. 8 demonstration.
Transit officials announced
in July they would reduce the
amount of buses running along
the B54’s Myrtle Avenue route between
Bushwick and Downtown
Brooklyn this fall in response
to low ridership numbers, forcing
commuters to wait an additional
one to three minutes during
the morning peak, midday,
and evening hours. The route
will keep the same schedule as
current during the evening peak
times, according to documents
released last month.
The MTA has pitched the service
cuts as a modest inconvenience
that will result in substantial
savings and allow the
agency to enhance service elsewhere,
but the plan has drawn
fierce opposition from community
members, business owners,
and local elected officials, who
claim transit officials have underestimated
the value of local
transit to commuters.
Readers shared their thoughts
online:
Motorized vehicles?!? Get a bike
people! Think about the earth!
Freesia from Park Slope
Maybe too many B54 passengers
board at the rear or just give
the driver a head-nod. If you don’t
pay, you don’t count as a rider and
low ridership results in service
adjustments.
I. Pei
Amanda Kwan does the bureaucracy
proud! You could say only at
the MTA can you cut service and
improve it at the same time. Only
you’d be wrong. Miss Kwan could
just as easily be speaking for the
DOT or the DDC, agencies where
miracle-working is what they do
all the time. DOT and DDC teamed
up to construct Putnam plaza.
Their Miss Kwan told us they were
going to be finished in less than a
year even though they started six
months late. Yeah, well, the deadline
passed. The plaza isn’t finished.
But no worries, they opened
it anyway. Never let pride get
in the way of silly promises and
sloppy work.
Schellie from
Clinton Hill
The bus will be just one to three
minutes later? Come on, lady! If
that were the case there wouldn’t
be a problem.
Jerome from Bed Stuy
More fare evasion on this bus
route = Less ridership = Less farebox
revenue = Less service = More
angry riders. A logical catch-22 to
say the least.
The Hunkster
from Bed-Stuy
People on the B54 Need to pay
there Fare 1st If I had a dollar for
every time someone didn’t pay
there fare I would be a millionaire
by now. They don’t deserve extra
service the Bus Operators from
Fresh Pond Depot call the B54 the
F5 Line or Excuse Local. Sorry
Folks when people start paying
there Fare they will get better service.
Tal Barzilai from
Pleasantville, NY
The real catch-22 is that everybody
wants a great transportation
system, but they feel that someone
else should be paying for it (ie:
congestion pricing) rather than
themselves.
Mo from NYC
The MTA is crying money because
some riders are jumping the
turnstiles and going to the back of
the bus and not paying their own
fare. The result is higher fares and
more service cuts for everyone
who uses the subways and buses.
Instant karma towards us all of
course. Even the MTA signs to prevent
fare evasion is not enough.
Then again, if they want better
service, then pay the fare. It’s that
simple.
The Hunkster
from Bed-Stuy
The point of public transportation
is not to make money, it’s to
provide a public service. Run more
busses and ridership will grow.
Dwayne from
Bed Stuy
Unfortunately, it costs money
to run public transportation and
someone has to pay for it be it either
on the spot and/or via taxes
for transit and infrastructure.
Tal Barzilai from
Pleasantville, NY
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