Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Daniel Squadron

DNAInfo: Pedestrians Have No Time to Cross Delancey

By Noah Kazis | Jan 31, 2012 | 19 Comments

In the wake of the death of Dashane Santana, the 12-year-old girl killed by a minivan driver while she was crossing Delancey Street earlier this month, Lower East Side leaders are demanding safety improvements for the many pedestrians who cross this approach to the Williamsburg Bridge. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Borough President Scott Stringer, State […]

Lower East Side Electeds Come Together for Safer Delancey Street

By Noah Kazis | Sep 15, 2011 | 2 Comments

Delancey Street is one of the most dangerous roads in the city. Between 2008 and 2010 alone, 134 pedestrians and cyclists were hit by drivers on Delancey, according to Transportation Alternatives, and two were killed on the street this year. Last week, Streetsblog reported on a new design for the base of the Williamsburg Bridge […]

Kavanagh and Squadron Kick Off Bus Lane Camera Enforcement

By Noah Kazis | Nov 22, 2010 | 5 Comments

Camera enforcement of the First and Second Avenue bus lanes began today. To mark the occasion, State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh held a press conference gathering together community leaders and taxi drivers to get the message out to drivers: Block the lane and face the fine. As Squadron and Kavanagh explained, […]

Kavanagh and Squadron Usher Hayley and Diego’s Law Into Effect

By Noah Kazis | Oct 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

“Careless driving is unacceptable.” That’s the message that State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh delivered today as they announced that Hayley and Diego’s Law, which they sponsored and ushered through the legislature, is now in effect. “You can suffer serious consequences,” Kavanagh warned drivers. “That has not been true up to today.” […]

Paterson Signs Two Traffic Justice Bills Into Law

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Aug 16, 2010 | 10 Comments

On Friday evening, New York Governor David Paterson signed two bills intended to make streets safer by giving law enforcement greater leeway to bring charges against reckless drivers. Diego Martinez and Hayley Ng were killed when a van left idling and unattended careened backwards into a group of pre-schoolers on a Chinatown sidewalk. The driver […]

Victims’ Families and Electeds Urge Paterson to Sign Traffic Safety Law

By Noah Kazis | Jul 7, 2010 | No Comments

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer pressed for traffic safety legislation. He was joined by, from left, Council Member Margaret Chin, the families of Hayley Ng and Diego Martinez, State Senator Daniel Squadron and Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White. Photo: Noah Kazis With the stroke of a pen, Governor David Paterson could make New York’s […]

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