According to a recent report, New York lawmakers considered seriously whether they should lower the legal limit in this state to .05 blood alcohol content, or .05 BAC. Currently, the legal limit is .08, and a person driving with this much alcohol in their system, or more, runs the risk of facing the serious drunk driving charges.
A lower BAC limit for DWI in New York is a real possibility
NYC inspector took bribes to ignore dangerous asbestos conditions
Samuel Nebedum, an inspector with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is facing charges about alleged bribes. Over a period of ten years, the inspector is accused of ignoring violations at the worksites of an asbestos abatement contractor.
0.18 BAC is a key threshold in New York DWI law
One thing that makes the already serious situation of facing DWI charges here in New York even more high-stakes is if a person is accused of driving with a BAC of 0.18 or more. That’s because, under state drunk driving law, driving with a BAC at or above this threshold isn’t a standard DWI offense, but is instead aggravated DWI.
