Category Archives: DWI

Sweeping Changes to New York’s DWI Laws As Leandra’s Law Unanimously Passes Senate And Signed by Governor Patterson

Written on November 18, 2009 by Howard Weiner in DWI, Recent Developments in the Law

As I discussed this weekend in The New York Times, in the wake of several highly publicized DWI fatalities in New York, the law is rapidly changing.
Administratively, the New York City Police Department and the City’s five District Attorneys have agreed to a new procedure to expedite the process of obtaining warrants for blood samples in [...]

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New York DWI Crackdown Announced For Halloween Weekend

Written on October 30, 2009 by Howard Weiner in DWI

A statewide DWI crackdown has been announced for this weekend.
Drivers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island,  Westchester and upstate can expect sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols, especially at major bridges, tunnels, and thoroughfares.  Drivers are reminded that .08 or above is considered to be per se intoxicated in New York.

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