Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Children

How Do You Educate Kids on Street Safety When Drivers Are Dangerous?

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2014 | 7 Comments

Last week, DOT rolled out a new pedestrian safety video for its school-based education programs. Set to a hip-hop beat, the four-minute video is aimed squarely at young New Yorkers. It dissects three scenarios to educate kids about safely navigating city streets. But you’ll notice that in two of the scenarios, it’s drivers who are breaking […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Charged With Reckless Driving for Killing 5-Year-Old

By Stephen Miller | Mar 17, 2014 | 10 Comments

Last night just before 8:30, five-year-old Roshard Charles was crossing Empire Boulevard between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue with his mother, his baby brother, and a friend. They were just outside his family’s apartment when a double-parked driver threw her car in reverse, hit the gas and killed the boy as he was about to reach the […]

As Lucian Merryweather’s Family Grieves, Charges Against His Killer Reduced

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2014 | 13 Comments

Lucian Merryweather was one of at least 10 children age 12 and under killed by a New York City motorist in the last 12 months. As his family tries to cope with his death and joins others in demanding an end to traffic violence, court records say charges were downgraded against the driver who killed […]

DA Dan Donovan: Six Months for SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed 5 Year Old

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

A Staten Island motorist who fled the scene after hitting a mother and two young children, fatally injuring the woman’s 5-year-old son, will serve six months in jail under a plea deal from District Attorney Daniel Donovan. John Sanjurjo ran over Kyrillos Gendy, his 7-year-old sister Gabriella, and 35-year-old Erieny Thomas at around 8:25 p.m. on August […]

DOT Plans Changes for UWS Intersections After Pedestrian Deaths [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jan 31, 2014 | 8 Comments

Video: Barron Lerner, uncle of Cooper Stock, speaks at last night’s CB 7 forum. Update: DOT’s presentation on the intersection of Broadway and W. 96th Street is here. DOT last night presented proposals to improve conditions for pedestrians in an area of the Upper West Side where three people were killed by motorists in January. […]

Barron Lerner: It’s Time to Treat Reckless Driving Like Drunk Driving

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2014 | 21 Comments

The most basic flaw in the New York State traffic justice system is that in most cases it fails to hold motorists accountable for deadly recklessness. Unless a motorist is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, killing someone with a car is usually not considered a crime. In a column for the Times, Barron […]

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