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Will the New “Free Range Kids Law” Protect Parents Who Let Kids Walk?
Last spring, Alexander and Danielle Meitiv became public faces of the "Free Range Kids" movement when their children were picked up by police in Silver Spring, Maryland, while walking home from a local park.
January 5, 2016
Carseats and the Limitations of American Safety Culture
One lesson they really hammer home, when you're a new parent, is the importance of carseats.
December 18, 2015
DA Ken Thompson: Felony Plea for Driver Who Killed Roshard Charles, 5
A driver who fatally struck a little boy in Crown Heights and left the scene has pled guilty to felony hit-and-run.
November 11, 2015
Sidewalks Are No Sanctuary: Driver Jumps Curb, Kills 3 in the Bronx
A motorist killed three people Saturday, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured three others when he drove onto a Bronx sidewalk crowded with trick-or-treaters.
November 2, 2015
Trick-or-Treaters Need Safe Streets, Not “Be Seen!” Tweets
Halloween is the worst day of the year for child pedestrian fatalities in the United States. A 2012 study by State Farm found that the average number of children killed by drivers more than doubles on October 31 compared to other days, based on federal crash data from 1990 to 2010.
October 30, 2015
DA Robert Johnson: Manslaughter Charges for Cab Driver Who Killed Two
District Attorney Robert Johnson has filed felony charges against the green cab driver who killed two people on a Bronx sidewalk.
October 20, 2015
TLC: Driver Who Hit Children on Bronx Sidewalk Works for Uber [Updated]
Warning: Graphic video
September 30, 2015