Hit-and-run in Brooklyn kills 75-year-old grandmother
Police say Judith Byron died after the SUV blew through a red light while she was in the crosswalk at Seventh and 41st Street in Sunset Park on Saturday night.
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Police say Judith Byron died after the SUV blew through a red light while she was in the crosswalk at Seventh and 41st Street in Sunset Park on Saturday night.
The crash happened on Saturday at around 9:30 p.m. in Sunset Park, at 7th Avenue and 41st Street. Police say the driver was in a gray or silver Toyota SUV. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
The woman was found in Brooklyn near Seventh Avenue and 41st Street in Sunset Park.
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After two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run, traffic safety advocates are urging the city to act on long-promised safety upgrades along Brooklyn's Third Avenue corridor.
Traffic safety leaders are calling on New York City to keep its promise to redesign Brooklyn's Third Avenue corridor after two people were killed in a violent hit-and-run. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger reports.
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A rally was held Friday in support of United Senior Center of Sunset Park, which is facing what a steep rent increase and is in danger of having to relocate, or close.
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Police said it happened at around 12:30 p.m. at the corner of 54th Street and 6th Avenue. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
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A federal judge ruled the Empire Wind project can move forward while he considers the merits of the Trump administration's order to suspend it.
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