Bouet v. City of New York

In Bouet v. City of New York, 125 AD3d 539, 5 N.Y.S.3d 18 (2015) the Court held that no special relationship arises where police "failed to record the identity of the owner and/or operator of the vehicle that struck" an individual - reasoning that the provisions of law requiring police to request the license and insurance identification card of drivers involved in an accident, and to prepare an accident report (see Vehicle and Traffic Law 600, 603) neither "authorize a private right of action nor were they otherwise enacted for the benefit of a particular class of persons as opposed to the public at large."