Back in 2009, an unoccupied delivery van left idling on East Broadway in Chinatown jumped a curb and killed two preschoolers as their class was coming back from a field trip. 17 people were injured in the incident, which was deemed an accident. The driver was not charged or even issued a ticket, sparking enormous outrage and rallies demanding a new law that would criminalize such carelessness. On Thursday, that law goes into effect. more ›

Yesterday, the families of two young children who were crushed to death by an unattended, idling van in Chinatown gathered with other New Yorkers to demand the Manhattan DA's office to prosecute the incident. The NYPD called the January 22 incident an "accident" and did not issue the driver for a neighborhood restaurant a ticket or take his license. The children had been walking on the sidewalk with their pre-school class. more ›