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Briefly Noted: Red Panda Cubs Debut at Prospect Park Zoo, Churro Lady Starts Fundraiser, & More

PROSPECT PARK — Prospect Park Zoo debuted their red panda cubs this week. They were born over the summer in their indoor den and are now old enough to venture outside to explore their habitat. (CBS New York) CYPRESS HILLS — Elsa, the churro vendor whose handcuffing went viral last week and

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Mill Basin School Bus Crash Leaves 30 People Injured

Photo via Flickr Creative Commons.MILL BASIN – About 30 people were injured after a school bus collided with a car this morning. At about 9:20 a.m., a school bus, which was carrying adults with special needs, crashed into a car that was going in the opposite direction at

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Car Drives On Sidewalk To Avoid Waiting For School Buses

BORO PARK – A car drove onto a sidewalk endangering the lives of children in order to avoid waiting behind school buses. Yesterday, former Assemblyman Dov Hikind went on Twitter to post a video of the incident, which takes place at Vizhnitz Cheder on 53rd Street in Borough Park. Hikind tweeted

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Two Traffic Fatalities in Southern Brooklyn

At 71st Street and 12th Avenue, where a bus crashed last week after the driver suffered a fatal medical episode (Screenshot via Google Maps)At the end of last week, two separate traffic fatalities claimed lives in Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods. On the morning of Thursday, October 18, a school bus

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Crackdown On Motorists: STOP For The School Bus

The New York City Police Department will be actively enforcing the law when it comes to school buses starting today, reads the email from the 70th Precinct in Flatbush. Well, to be exact, enforcing it on those who fail to stop when the bus turns on red flashing lights, as

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Six-Hundred School Bus Routes Could Be Affected By Possible Driver Strike Next Week

Photo via zhenry49Roughly 900 city school bus drivers and attendants voted to authorize a strike Wednesday night after rejecting a proposed contract from management, DNA Info first reported. Six hundred school bus routes in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island could be affected, union leaders said. An “overwhelming majority” of the

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Six-Hundred School Bus Routes Could Be Affected By Possible Driver Strike

Photo via zhenry49As first reported by DNAInfo and other news outlets, roughly 900 city school bus drivers and attendants voted to authorize a strike Wednesday night after rejecting a proposed contract from management. Six hundred school bus routes in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island could be affected, union leaders said.

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NYPD Launches Citywide Crackdown On Drivers Illegally Passing School Buses

The New York Police Department is cracking down on motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses with flashing lights, police sources told this outlet. The initiative is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan to eliminate pedestrian fatalities and was timed to begin on the first day

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Greenfield Wants To Add Cameras To School Buses

Councilman David Greenfield (Source: Facebook)Councilman David Greenfield is looking to catch reckless drivers who dangerously swerve around school buses by employing Big Brother to help keep children safer. The New York Daily News is reporting that Greenfield proposed a plan that would mount cameras to the backs of school

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Greenfield Warns Of Chaos Unless MTA Honors Parents’ MetroCards As Soon As Bus Driver Strike Begins

Source: rutlo via FlickrFrom the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield is demanding that the MTA honor all MetroCards being used by parents escorting children to school as a result of the school bus strike expected to begin tomorrow morning. Councilman Greenfield was just made aware by

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Elderly Pedestrian Killed By School Bus

Source: Nesnad via Wikimedia CommonsA 78-year-old man was struck by a school bus near Ocean Parkway yesterday morning. The man was taken to Lutheran Medical Center where he died. The accident occurred at the corner of Ocean Parkway and Kings Highway at about 6:50 a.m. The man, whose

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Baby Boy Struck By A School Bus At 62nd Street And 20th Avenue

A baby boy in a carriage was hit by a school bus at the intersection of 62nd Street and 20th Avenue at about 4 p.m. today. Witnesses state that double parked cars in the area often block traffic and that the bus did not come to a full stop

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Four Students Injured In Cropsey Avenue School Bus Crash

Source: by bsabarnowl via FlickrFour students were injured in a school bus crash this morning on Cropsey Avenue and Bay 34th Street. The minor wreck, which DNAinfo reports as taking place “at the corner of Bay 34th and Cropsey streets,” occurred at around 8 a.m. While four of the