'It's not too long ago when a 12-year-old, Dashane Santana, was killed by a driver right here on Delancey Street,' U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Williamsburg Bridge on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and a cadre of local pols announced Monday.
Gillibrand said 38 people were either killed or severely injured along the section of Delancey Street that’s set to be redesigned between 2016 and 2020. And over the past decade, there were 200 crashes in the same area, according to Congress Member Nydia Velázquez , who was also in attendance.struck and killed by a driver while she was crossing the street“It’s not too long ago when a 12-year-old, Dashane Santana, was killed by a driver right here on Delancey Street,” the senator said.
In addition to Velázquez, Gillibrand was joined by area officials including Congress Member Dan Goldman , DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, Assembly Member Grace Lee and Carlina Rivera . “If you look at Delancey Street now, it’s much different than it was 10 years ago,” Marte said. “We have a senior center, we have the Market Line, we have Essex Street Market, we have new shops popping up every single day. What hasn’t met that moment? Our road. But today, this announcement is to say we’re meeting that moment, we’re putting our money where our mouth is and we’re going to make this a safer street.
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