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# Borough President Joins March To Honor Children Killed By Drivers In NYC
- URL: https://bklyner.com/borough-president-joins-march-to-honor-children-killed-by-drivers-in-nyc/
- Published: 2018-06-27T17:12:42.000Z
- Updated: 2018-06-27T19:38:07.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Announcements, Bushwick, Events, News, Nonsponsored, northern brooklyn, Transportation, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Families For Safe Streets, Luz Gonzalez, Transportation Alternatives, #wp

BUSHWICK – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will be joining [Families for Safe Streets](https://www.facebook.com/NYCSafeStreets/), [Transportation Alternatives](https://www.facebook.com/TransportationAlternatives/), and community members for a march this afternoon to honor [4-year old Luz Gonzalez](/bushwick-hit-and-run-kills-4-year-old-girl-injures-mother/) who was killed by a motorist in Bushwick on Sunday, and all the children whose lives were tragically cut short by drivers on NYC streets this year.

![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Safe-Streets-March-14.jpg)

Children led the way during a march for safer streets in Park Slope, March 2018 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

Gonzalez’s death marks the ninth child in NYC killed by a driver in 2018, according to a release announcing today’s march. More children have been killed just six months into 2018 than in all of 2017, the announcement adds.

Locally, 13-year-old [Kevin Angel Flores](/dozens-gather-to-support-family-of-13-year-old-cyclist-killed-by-truck-in-bed-stuy/) was was struck and killed by an oil truck while riding his bicycle in Bed-Stuy in January. [Abigail Bluemenstein, Joshua Lew, and Sophia Blumenstein](/details-released-mondays-deadly-collision-park-slope/) were killed at 9th Street and 5th Avenue in Park Slope in March. Sophia, who Ruthie Ann Miles was seven months pregnant with at the time, [died later as a result of the crash](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/nyregion/ruthie-ann-miles-miscarriage.html?ref=bklyner.com).

Borough President Adams will call on Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator John Flanagan to reconvene the NYS Senate this week and vote to extend and expand [NYC’s School Zone Speed Camera Program](/speed-camera-update/) which will expire on July 25 since the bill was not passed before the end of the legislative session on June 21.

In May, [Mayor de Blasio called on New York State to renew and expand the School Zone Speed Camera Program](/de-blasio-unveils-dots-9th-street-redesign-proposal/) as part of his [Vision Zero](http://www1.nyc.gov/site/visionzero/index.page?ref=bklyner.com) initiative to reduce traffic-related fatalities and injuries across the city. Proposed changes to the Speed Camera Program include installing cameras at an additional 150 school zones (more than double the current number); revising the definition of a school zone to allow DOT to address speeding on streets near schools (currently only streets on which schools are located are designated school zones—not nearby streets); and extending the program until 2022.

At a [CB6 Transportation Committee meeting last Thursday](/9th-street-redesign-a-step-closer-to-reality/), the committee passed a motion also to request that Governor Cuomo hold a special session to extend and expand the School Zone Speed Camera Program.

**Today’s Memorial March will begin at 5pm at the corner of [Wilson Avenue and Menahan Street](https://goo.gl/maps/Nx3PxGvr9Zx?ref=bklyner.com) in Bushwick. Led by a hearse, participants will march to Sunday’s crash site at the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue and Hart Street where Borough President Adams will lay flowers in memory of Luz Gonzalez.**