Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Seniors

Witness: Crash That Killed Marlene Baharlias Likely Caught on Video

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2014 | 4 Comments

A man who says he saw the Tuesday crash that killed Marlene Baharlias echoes the story told by others: The driver backed into the senior on a Sheepshead Bay sidewalk. The witness believes a security camera in his building recorded the crash, but NYPD does not share details of crash investigations unless compelled by freedom of information requests. […]

Marlene Baharlias, 77, Killed by Motorist, Blamed by NYPD and the Post

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2014 | 12 Comments

A senior was killed Tuesday in Sheepshead Bay by a driver who witnesses say backed onto a sidewalk — contrary to anonymous NYPD sources who told the Post the victim was jaywalking. No charges were filed. Marlene Baharlias, 77, was walking home from the doctor with her husband when the driver of a Mercedes SUV backed onto the curb […]

80-Year-Old Pedestrian and MTA Bus Driver Killed in Separate Crashes

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

In the last 24 hours, an 80-year-old pedestrian and an MTA bus driver were killed in crashes in Brooklyn and Manhattan. At around 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, Margarita Seda was struck by the driver of a GMC vehicle as she crossed Grand Street at Graham Avenue in Williamsburg, according to WCBS and the Daily News. WCBS reported […]

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. […]

Daily News Ignores Driver’s Actions in Persecuting 70-Year-Old “Jaywalker”

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2014 | 9 Comments

The headline in today’s Daily News, “Jaywalker in critical condition after being struck by car in Midtown,” sets the tone for a particularly heinous example of tabloid victim-blaming. According to the Post, the victim was Landal Hoilette, who was hit on W. 57th Street near 11th Avenue yesterday afternoon while on a lunch break from his […]

DA Brown: $500 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Failed to Yield, Killing Senior

By Brad Aaron | Jan 27, 2014 | 12 Comments

Update: Pursuant to a plea arrangement with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, in March Abel Tinoco pled guilty to aggravated unlicensed operation and was fined $500, according to court records. As NYPD ramps up enforcement against pedestrians who cross mid-block and against the signal, a funeral was held last week for a senior struck in a crosswalk […]

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