In September 2021, Eric Adams, who was Brooklyn's borough president at the time, stood at the intersection in Clinton Hill where a 3-month-old girl had been killed by a wrong-way driver and declared he was fed up with young New Yorkers dying in car crashes.
“We're tired of comforting parents experiencing their worst nightmare. We're tired of reading new reports about yet another child lost to vehicle crashes," Adams said at the time. He later called for a “holistic rethinking of our streetscape to stop this carnage” in a press release.
“We're tired of comforting parents experiencing their worst nightmare. We're tired of reading new reports about yet another child lost to vehicle crashes," Adams said at the time. He later called for a “holistic rethinking of our streetscape to stop this carnage” in a press release.
Adams was elected mayor two months later. Now, residents and activists are criticizing his administration for its approach to street safety. An NYPD tow truck driver allegedly ran over 7-year-old Kamari Hughes in Fort Greene on Oct. 26 – just 10 blocks away from the 2021 crash.
Residents of both neighborhoods tell Gothamist that two years into the Adams administration, the streets feel as dangerous as they’ve ever been.