The yellow cabbie who hit and killed a 9-year-old Manhattan boy d༒idn’t just get off easy with the Manhattan D.A. — he caught a break with the b🌺lundering DMV, The Post has learned.
Koffi Komlani (top inset), 55, will appear before a DMV administrative law judge on June 10, 17 months since he struck Cooper Stock in a crosswalk on the Upper West Side.
But state laws require that the DMV hold a safety hearing ⛎within 12 months after a fatal crash. During the hearings, administrative judges review what happened in t✃he crash and can decide to suspend or revoke a driver’s license.
“Why is there no justice?” said Stock’s mom, Dana Lerner, who was not notified by the DMV of the hearing date. “It’s the same thing over and over aꦜgain. It’s an insult to my son’s memory.
The DMV said that ܫthey waited to hold the crash hearing in Komlani’s case because it was “pending disposition of the criminal charges.”
A spokesman said that “the case was in abeyance while charges were pending in criminal court.”
The Manhattan District Attorney told the vic🌟tim’s family they decided not to file criminal charges in May last year.
“We’ve known for almost a year that there would be no criminal charges in this case,” said lawyer Steve Vaccaro, who represents crash victims. “It’s been over a year since Cooper Stock was killed, and the DMV needs to clear out the ba�𝓰�cklog rather than make excuses for delaying these hearings.”
Other DMV safety hearings have also been held while there are act♈ive criminal inve🍸stigations.
On Monday, Manhattan judge Erika Edwards gave Komlani only a $580 fine and 6-month license suspension for a꧂ traffic violation in regards to the Cooper crash.
“This man is getting a break for killing my child,” said Lerner. “I would like the judge to call me and explain it to me. How does she justify that? Is the justice system going to fail us again when there is a hearing at the DMꦍV?”