Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Children

Driver Not Charged for Killing Girl, 10, and Injuring Mother in Borough Park

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2014 | 11 Comments

A motorist killed a 10-year-old girl and injured her pregnant mother as the pair crossed a street in Borough Park Tuesday night. Blima Friedman was at least the eighth child age 14 and under killed by a New York City driver in 2014, and the third in the last six weeks. The crash occurred at […]

Families for Safe Streets Meets With Cuomo Rep to Talk DMV Reforms

By Brad Aaron | Nov 19, 2014 | 24 Comments

In a meeting with representatives from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration Tuesday, members of Families for Safe Streets called for reforms to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles protocols, with the goal of discouraging reckless driving and obtaining some measure of justice for crash victims and their families. Karen Rae, Cuomo’s deputy transportation secretary, met with relatives […]

Survey: With Parents Worried About Safety, Few NYC Students Bike to School

By Stephen Miller | Nov 18, 2014 | 9 Comments

Just one percent of sixth-graders surveyed at 15 schools in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx said they get to class by bike, scooter, or skateboard, according to a survey released by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene last week [PDF]. Although most students live within walking distance of school, many of them take buses or […]

Queens DA Richard Brown on Driver Who Killed Allison Liao: Accidents Happen

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2014 | 215 Comments

A letter from District Attorney Richard Brown’s office explaining why no charges were filed against the driver who killed 3-year-old Allison Liao offers disturbing insight into the mindset of prosecutors charged with holding motorists accountable for serious traffic crashes in Queens. The crash was captured on video. On the afternoon of October 6, 2013, Allison […]

NY State DMV Dismisses Tickets of Driver Who Killed Allie Liao [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2014 | 109 Comments

Update: Streetsblog has filed a freedom of information request for documents related to the DMV’s dismissal of tickets issued by NYPD to Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh. An administrative law judge with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles threw out tickets issued by NYPD to the driver who ran over 3-year-old Allison Liao as she and her grandmother […]

Halloween: A Lot Less Scary If Drivers and Roads Were Safer

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2014 | 30 Comments

ICYMI: We’re helping children be seen on #Halloween by lending them reflective vests! Details: http://t.co/FmEPHvc43G pic.twitter.com/AggiFilfDn — MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) October 22, 2014 Halloween is fun because we get to be afraid of things that we know aren’t really scary. But for little trick or treaters in the United States, the danger posed […]

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