DWI, DWAI, and DUI: What’s the Difference?
Should you find yourself in almost any traffic court and/or criminal court in New York State, you may be trying to make sense of the alphabet soup that is thrown around. Lawyers, like almost anyone else, seem to love acronyms and when it comes to traffic offenses it can get rather...
New York’s Proposed Lower BAC Limit: 2026 Update
In 2023, New York lawmakers introduced a bill to lower the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit from .08 to .05. The goal was to reduce alcohol-related crashes, but the proposal raised major concerns about fairness, accuracy, and the risk of convicting drivers who weren’t actually impaired.
This...