In New York, getting arrested for a DUI (Driving Under the Influence), legally referred to as DWI (Driving While Intoxicated), triggers an immediate impact on your ability to drive. Whether you’ll be able to drive again—and how soon—depends on several legal procedures and administrative decisions that follow the arrest. According to Ira Weissman, a veteran
If your license is suspended it really depends on why it was suspended. Most often people’s drivers licenses are suspended because they failed to either answer a ticket that they received or pay a fine on a ticket that they’ve been convicted of. What happens after that is if their license has been suspended and
Driving While Intoxicated is viewed by the Suffolk and Nassau County District Attorneys as a very serious problem on Long Island. As a result, both offices’ policies regarding the prosecution of this crime are extremely harsh. There are fewer and fewer cases that the District Attorney’s office is willing to plea bargain down to a