Assemblyman William Colton (D – Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Dyker Heights) councilman Mark Treyger, congressman Max Rose and the community got together May 5, 2019 at the intersection of Benson Avenue and Bay 25^th Street where a 3-year-old toddler lost his life, to demand an action and to insure that a tragic death will not happen to anyone else.

“On Thursday May 2, 2019 a three-year-old toddler was killed because NYC Department of Transportation refused to install a traffic light and other traffic safety measures, despite a long trail of complaints by neighborhood residents and local elected officials. The NYC Department of Transportation must make Benson Avenue and Bay 25^th Street safe, they also must examine all streets in the vicinity of it to ensure changes made to these streets do not foster traffic violence on those streets,” Colton sated.

“I do not want to hear excuses like it does not meet bureaucratic guidelines and rules and data statistics. We cannot lose another innocent life because the NYC Department of Transportation’s refuses to act. The principles of safe streets design must govern all street, especially when some improvements are made. I demand a traffic light be installed at the intersection of Benson Avenue and Bay 25^th Street and I will continue to fight for the safer streets in the community,” Colton added.