New York May Create a ‘Crash Victims Bill of Rights’
Families for Safe Streets pioneers a first-in-the-nation plan to give victims of road violence the same rights that crime victims have.
By
Dave Colon
8:46 AM EST on March 4, 2020
Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org
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