It’s so familiar that most people know it very well: if you drink and drive, the penalties are stiff. If a person who drinks and drives causes a crash, the consequences are severe. However, when it comes to driving while impaired by a substance other than alcohol, the consequences are not as clear in New York State as they are for alcohol DWI.

A group of families that have been directly affected by this situation joined on Monday with law enforcement leaders and others to call for proposed legislation that addresses this situation to be adopted as law.

Parents whose kids were killed by drunk or drugged-up drivers joined Long Island law enforcement Monday to push for a state law that would allow cops to crack down on dangerous, impaired motorists.

Members of the media joined the Carpenter family, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney and others as they viewed the two vehicles at the barracks involved in the crash: Guzman's Chevrolet Silverado and Carpenter's Ford Escape, both of which sustained significant damage.

Tierney said state laws allowing prosecutors to bring charges against drugged drivers have dangerous loopholes that endanger the public.

Thank you to everyone who attended, donated to, or sponsored our Fifth Annual Gala!

The state’s highest court has refused to hear Thomas Murphy’s appeal of his aggravated vehicular homicide conviction for driving drunk into a group of Boy Scouts in Manorville and killing 12-year-old Andrew McMorris of Wading River.

When Andrew McMorris, 12, was killed by a drunk driver while out on a hike with his Boy Scout troop in 2018, his friends, still so young, so much of life ahead, were left helpless in the face of a heartbreak too big and horrific to grasp. One of those friends was Carter Rubin — the winner of "The Voice" in 2020, when he was just 15 years old. Carter recently debuted his song that had been written for Andrew.

New York State’s  highest court will not hear an appeal in the case of a man convicted in the killing of Boy Scout Andrew McMorris. 

New York lawmakers want to lower the blood alcohol concentration limit for drunken driving to .05 to combat a surge in alcohol-related crashes on New York roads since the start of the pandemic.

Once again, an event will take place to honor a Boy Scout killed in 2018 when a drunk driver plowed into their troop — and keep his memory alive forever through a rich legacy of giving back. In memory of their precious boy, who loved nothing more than soaring through the sky and dreamt of flying planes, the Andrew McMorris Foundation's 5th Annual Gala will take place Friday, September 29, at the Cradle of Aviation from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m

While on a boy scout hike, in Sep. 2018, 12-year-old Andrew McMorris was struck and killed by a drunk driver. Friday at an Assembly committee hearing on impaired driving, the McMorris family traveled to Albany to tell lawmakers Andrew's story.

It is with great relief that we announce that the NYS Supreme Court District 2 Appellate Division in Brooklyn, upheld the conviction of the defendant in Andrew’s death. The four-judge panel were unanimous in their decision on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023, and ruled that each of the claims is "without merit." Appeal has been denied. There will be no new trial or any reduction in the defendant’s sentence.

It was an emotional day Wednesday for a family shattered by grief as they saw victory in their fight for justice in their son's name: An appeal was denied Wednesday for the driver who was convicted by a jury of driving drunk and killing Boy Scout Andrew McMorris, 12, in a 2018 crash.

A state appeals court has denied a new trial for the Holbrook man convicted of killing Wading River Boy Scout Andrew McMorris and injuring two other teens in a drunken driving crash in Manorville in 2018.

The Andrew McMorris Foundation is excited to announce its 2023 Gala Honorees and MC.

It is with great relief that we announce that the NYS Supreme Court District 2 Appellate Division in Brooklyn, upheld the conviction of the defendant in Andrew’s death. The four-judge panel were unanimous in their decision on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023, and ruled that each of the claims is "without merit." Appeal has been denied. There will be no new trial or any reduction in the defendant’s sentence

The Andrew McMorris Foundation is thrilled again to announce another record-breaking year for our scholarships, grants, and spirit awards.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon teamed up this week with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the parents of a 12-year-old Boy Scout killed by a drunk driver in 2018 to prevent tragedy during one of the deadliest times of year for motorists.

This summer, Andrew McMorris would have been 17 years old.

But the bright-eyed child from Wading River was killed when he was 12 in 2018 after a drunk driver in an SUV plowed into his Boy Scout troop, which was hiking the Greenbelt Trail in Manorville.

“We don’t want what happened to us to happen to anyone else,” his father John McMorris said on Thursday, at a press conference with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. and Mothers Against Drunk Driving to spotlight significantly increased, countywide DWI enforcement this summer.

A family who knows the pain of drinking and driving stood alongside officials as they made their announcement about patrols on Wednesday.

Alisa McMorris lost her 12-year-old son to a drunk driver in Manorville in 2018.

"Andrew was taken from this Earth too soon, and this is how we move forward, by trying to prevent someone else from going through something so horrible," McMorris says.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. was recently joined by the McMorris Family and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Regional Director Paige Carbone to announce a summer STOP DWI campaign, Operation HEAT, which aims to ramp up already increased efforts that include the highest number of DWI patrols and arrests in recent Sheriff’s Office history.