Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Children

No Charges for Driver Who Killed Jadann Williams, 8, on Flatbush Cul-de-Sac

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2015 | 10 Comments

Eight year-old Jadann Williams, who neighbors say loved sports and wanted to become a basketball star, was playing on a dead-end street just steps from her Flatbush home yesterday afternoon when a driver struck and killed her. Police say Williams was playing near the back end of a double-parked box truck on the east side of E. 22nd […]

This Weekend: Kidical Mass Takes Upper Manhattan — and Staten Island

By Brad Aaron | Jul 24, 2015 | No Comments

It’s Kidical Mass season, and there are two opportunities this weekend for children and adults to participate in group rides. On Saturday, it’s Kidical Mass Uptown. The ride starts at 10 a.m. at Dorrance Brooks Square — 137th Street between St. Nicholas and Edgecombe Avenues — and will head to High Bridge Park for the opening festival of the car-free […]

DMV: Driver Who Killed Child in Crosswalk May Drive Again After Six Months

By Brad Aaron | Jul 14, 2015 | 20 Comments

Pursuant to a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles hearing, the former cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock will regain his driving privileges after six months. In January 2014 Cooper and his father Richard Stock were crossing an Upper West Side street in a crosswalk with the right of way when Koffi Komlani hit them […]

DMV: Six-Month Suspension for Driver Who Killed Sammy Cohen Eckstein

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2015 | 11 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles determined that the driver who killed 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein failed to exercise due care and did not have a valid license at the time of the crash. DMV administrative law judge Marc Berger suspended the driver’s license for six months. At around 5:15 p.m. on October […]

Ethan Villavicencio, 7, Killed by Motorist Inside Bronx Restaurant [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jun 5, 2015 | 16 Comments

A motorist drove into a Bronx restaurant Thursday, killing 7-year-old Ethan Villavicencio and injuring the boy’s sister and father. [Update: According to court records, Oduro was charged with one D felony count and two misdemeanor counts of leaving the scene of an accident with injury, plus one traffic infraction. Class D felonies carry penalties ranging from probation to […]

Family and Friends Dedicate Cooper Stock Way

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2015 | 1 Comment

On Wednesday dozens of kids joined family members of Cooper Stock to designate W. 97th Street at West End Avenue as Cooper Stock Way. Cooper’s mother, Dana Lerner, shared memories of Cooper, along with classmates — “Cooper’s Troopers” — who waved signs imploring motorists to drive safely. Cooper, 9, was killed by a turning cab driver […]

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