Dec. 22, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil
A cardboard cutout crossing guard stood guard at a busy Brooklyn intersection Thursday — the very same one where 7-year-old Kamari Hughes was fatally struck by the driver of an NYPD tow truck nearly two months ago.
Jul. 7, 2023 By Megan McGibney
When it was announced just over a month ago, that Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD would be cutting almost 500 of the city’s school crossing guard positions, the reaction among some of Brooklyn’s school communities was one of dismay and concern.