Tzedek DC Testifies to DC Council on Driver's License Reform

Tzedek DC Volunteer Staff Attorney Josh Levin and Founding President & Director-Counsel Ariel Levinson-Waldman testified to the DC Council Committee on Transportation & the Environment earlier this month as part of Public Roundtable regarding the Department of Public Works’ “Enforcement against Vehicles with Substantial Unpaid Traffic Fines.” The testimony discussed a “persistent, troubling assumption within the Executive that punishing DC drivers, by taking away their licenses due to unpaid fines and fees, is sound public policy” in order to achieve traffic safety.

Read the full testimony here.