Wednesday’s Headlines: Who’s a Good Boy Edition
Look, we don’t usually muscle into the Internet’s monopoly on animal videos, but then we met Kupata, the crossing guard dog of Batumi in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Just watch these two...
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Opinion: Mayor Adams’s Crossing Guard Cuts are Unconscionable
Heather Beers-Dimitriadis The night before Streetsblog reported that Mayor Adams was cutting 500 crossing guard positions, I was attending a Queens Community Board 6 Education/Youth Committee Meeting....
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‘A Very Dangerous Job’: Dozens of NYC School Crossing Guards Injured by...
One was hit so hard she flew out of her shoes. Another was punched in the face then struck by a driver in a Jeep. One landed on her head after being slammed into the air, two were thrown onto car...
View ArticleThursday’s Headlines: Unsafe School Streets Edition
A school crossing guard was injured by a drunk driver on Tuesday in Maspeth, Queens — the latest sad reminder of the dangers associated with the job of keeping NYC pupils safe on their walks to and...
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Dump Truck Driver Kills School Crossing Guard in Queens
A dump truck driver struck and killed a school crossing guard at the corner of two deadly roads on Friday morning, police said. The 63-year-old woman was working the corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and...
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Parents Call on Mayor to Restore Crossing Guard Funding After 7-Year-Old’s Death
You don’t want to cross them. A group of parents, teachers, students and NYCHA residents will rally Thursday morning at the Fort Greene corner where an NYPD tow truck driver killed 7-year-old Kamari...
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