‘Wreckless Spending’: Crash Claims Involving NYC Municipal Vehicles Cost Taxpayers Over $500 Million

New York City taxpayers have paid more than $500 million dollars in civil settlements related to crashes involving city vehicles over the past decade.
The majority of crash claims were made against the New York City Police Department, according to a Feb. 12 report from the office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.
Payments to people injured in incidents involving municipal vehicles jumped between fiscal years 2012 and 2021, despite the shrinking number of claims against the city.
The statistics suggest that auto crashes were more severe and many resulted in death or life-altering injuries to the victims.
“Fatalities and serious injuries resulting from traffic crashes are persistently high in New York City,” said the report….