Reader’s Perspective: ‘My Son Was Killed on the Upper West Side by a Reckless Taxi Driver’
Last Friday morning as I got out of bed, a familiar despair awoke with me. Instinctively, I scanned photographs of my deceased son,...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read
More Than 100 Children Have Died in NYC Traffic Crashes Since Vision Zero Launch
On July 3, a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old passenger were killed in a crash. They were the 100th and 101st children killed in New York...
Feb 20, 20201 min read
In Memoriam: Barry Berlin
On July 19, 2019, Barry Berlin passed away unexpectedly at the age of 79. On that day, the world lost a kind soul and a devoted husband,...
Feb 1, 20201 min read
Cooper's mom, Dana Lerner advocates for safer streets in NYC on Pix11
December 10, 2019 Cooper’s mom, Dana Lerner, was on Pix11 in December 2019 to talk about traffic safety in NYC. Click here to watch the...
Jul 31, 20191 min read
Dana Lerner talks about her son, Cooper, and the human cost of reckless driving in NYC
Families for Safe Streets, July 2019
Jun 3, 20161 min read
Coop's Hoops Spinning Fundraiser
Join us on Friday, June 3rd, for the third annual Coop's Hoops Fundraiser. Julie Dermer, friend of the Stock family, will be at the helm,...
Jun 30, 20151 min read
NY1 Online: Panel Talks Pedestrian Safety, Mayor's Vision Zero Program
NY1's Errol Louis discussed pedestrian safety and the mayor’s Vision Zero program with Benjamin Fried of Streetsblog, Dana Lerner from...
Jun 25, 20151 min read
OPEN TO HOPE, Episode 51: Families For Safe Streets
CLICK HERE TO WATCH EPISODE On this episode of the cable show "Open to Hope", Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley discuss with...
Jun 3, 20151 min read
DEDICATION OF COOPER STOCK WAY
Family and Friends Dedicate Cooper Stock Way On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, dozens of kids joined family members of Cooper Stock to...
Feb 27, 20151 min read
Op Ed by Dana Lerner: A Road Test for Cabbies
Published online yesterday in "The Spirit", Dana Lerner writes about the ludicrously substandard driving requirements necessary to become...
Feb 26, 20151 min read
Street Safety Activists Want CB7 Transportation Leaders Ousted
Street-safety advocates, including parents of children killed by drivers on the Upper West Side, are calling on local city council...
Feb 24, 20151 min read
Will Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr. Take Action?
Kyle Pope reports on a recent meeting between Families for Safe Streets and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. to discuss the...
Feb 21, 20151 min read
Standing Room Only Crowd at the Society for Ethical Culture
Survivors and family members of victims trade stories, problems and solutions at forum on pedestrian safety. StrausMedia link to "New...
Feb 20, 20151 min read
Making NYC Streets Safer for Pedestrians
"Advocates Looking For Ways To Make NYC Streets Safer for Pedestrians", a January 23, 2015 online post at CBS New York, talks about how...
Feb 19, 20151 min read
Lack of Action
Cooper's mom, Dana Lerner, speaks out about lack of action in traffic ticket writing after the murders of NYPD detectives Wenjian Liu and...
Feb 13, 20151 min read
Advocating for reform for Manhattan's Deadly Traffic Problem
Vehicular Violence discussed at The Ethical Culture School On January 21, 2015, a panel discussion, sponsored by Straus Media and the...
Feb 12, 20151 min read
Jill Abramson writes about the toll of tragedy
As many as 260 people are expected to die this year on NYC streets. But almost none of the drivers involved in those cases will be...
Oct 17, 20141 min read
No Comfort that Cabbie is Charged with only a Traffic Infraction
News outlets covered the DA's announcement that the cabbie who killed Cooper Stock was charged on Oct. 7 with failure to exercise due...
Sep 30, 20141 min read
Why Drivers Get Away With Murder - A New York Times Op-Ed piece written by Cooper's Mom
Why Drivers Get Away With Murder On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, Cooper Stock's mother, Dana Lerner, published an op-ed piece in The New...
Sep 25, 20141 min read
The Atlantic's CITYLAB Picks Up On NY Times Op-Ed Piece
The Outrageous, Unjust Rule That Lets New York Drivers Who Hit Pedestrians Off the Hook by Eric Jaffee The Atlantic Monthly has a website...
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