Amid Senior Pedestrian Death Crisis, City Rolls Out Small Safety Initiative
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With more than 40,000 intersections across the city, it will take centuries to hit them at all.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Seniors
Another Senior Is Killed By Uncharged Driver On Bell Boulevard
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Another senior citizen has been run over and killed on Bell Boulevard in Queens — and the driver was once again not charged.
The Five Stupidest Things Said at Fort Greene’s Town Hall to Protest the City’s ‘War On Cars’
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A Tuesday night meeting dubbed the “Fort Greene Town Hall on the City’s War on Cars" descended into chaos when the safe-street advocates in the room tried to counter lies and nonsense from the automobile zealots.
[ROWBACK!] AARP Backs Congestion Pricing — Defying Pols Who Claim Seniors Would be Hurt By Tolls
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The senior lobbying group supports congestion pricing, even though opponents of congestion pricing often cite seniors as their reason for opposing tolls.
Motorist Who Killed Senior in Queens Crosswalk Pleads to Violating Victim’s Right of Way
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For killing Toolia Rambarose, 70, with a van in Richmond Hill last February, Kazim Mohammed was fined $50. His driving privileges were not interrupted.
Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Driver Who Dragged Senior to Her Death and Fled
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Again and again, Richard Brown signs off on favorable plea deals for hit-and-run drivers who kill people, when he files charges at all.