In New York, a person who operates a motor vehicle while intoxicated and with children under the age of 16 in the car can be charged with aggravated DWI under a statute known as Leandra’s Law. This law, which has been discussed in detail in earlier blogs, increases the penalties for drinking and driving if…

Most New Yorkers know two things about being stopped on suspicion of drinking and driving: The police will ask the driver to take a breathalyzer test to determine his (or hers) blood alcohol content (“BAC”), and the legal limit for intoxication for persons over 21 years of age is a BAC of 0.08{e7aaffd771c1d72ed73aa4f2b2654701d87584ba154d7edc68255dac3d0c1e84}. But these…

This blog has frequently noted the perils of repeated drunk driving offenses. A recent case calls attention not only to the obvious penalties of a fine, license suspension and possible incarceration for DWI, but how drunk drivers seem to compound their situation by committing other offenses. This case involves a Long Island man who was…

The arrest and indictment of a Long Island woman once again demonstrates the potentially harsh legal consequences of driving while intoxicated and while children are in the car. We have written earlier about “Leandra’s Law,” the New York statute that makes operating a car while intoxicated and with children under the age of 15 in…