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Unseen Toll of Car Accidents in NYC

Examining Justice, Accountability By Jacob Oresky Bronx Voice April 1, 2025 NEW YORK - The relentless pulse of New York City, a metropolis defined by its constant motion, carries a hidden cost: the persistent threat of car accidents. While the city invests in initiatives aimed at bolstering road safety, collisions remain a stark reality, leaving a trail of injured individuals and fractured families in their wake.  Understanding the multifaceted factors that contribute to these incidents, acknowledging their broader impact, and examining the often-complex path to justice are essential for fostering a safer urban environment. Despite dedicated efforts to curb traffic-related harm, car accidents in NYC continue to occur with unsettling regularity. What might be brushed off as a routine byproduct of big-city living often masks underlying issues of negligence and systemic vulnerabilities. Statistical snapshots paint a ...
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Charges Dropped Against ‘Hot Car’ Mom

Tragedy Averted and Now No Charges

A child places her hand on the window after she was left inside a hot car along West 183 Street on Thursday, June 20, 2024.—Photo by David Greene

A child places her hand on the window after she was left inside a hot car along West 183 Street on Thursday, June 20, 2024.—Photo by David Greene


By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

August 28, 2024


NEW YORK - The Bronx District Attorney’s office has declined to press charges against a Yonkers mother who left her two young children inside an unattended vehicle in the Bronx for nearly 20 minutes on the first day of summer.


According to a source at the Bronx District Attorney’s office, days after her arrest prosecutors declined to file charges against the mother because the children were not harmed, they were left unattended for eighteen minutes, but were not locked inside of the car.The Bronx Voice was at the scene as Haniyah Agoro, 34, was placed in handcuffs at the corner of West 183 Street and University Avenue after leaving her car double-parked and leaving her two children, ages 7 and 10 inside the vehicle with the windows shut on the first day of summer on June 20.


Police surround vehicle and mother who left her two children in an unattended vehicle along West 183 Street on Thursday, June 20.—Photo by David Greene

Police surround vehicle and mother who left her two children in an unattended vehicle along West 183 Street on Thursday, June 20.—Photo by David Greene


When contacted at her home on June 23, Agoro told the Bronx Voice, “Please don’t call this number again, I said… the kids are okay. The kids are fine,” before hanging up the telephone.


Agoro faced two counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child. This case drew attention to the fact that the car was parked near where two children were found dead inside a hot car two years ago.



On June 23, 2020, Juan Rodriguez of Rockland County was sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge after he pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment charges nearly a year after he left his two children in the backseat of his vehicle when he went to work at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital on West Kingsbridge Road on July 26, 2019.


One-year-old Twins Luna and Phoenix were discovered deceased by the dad in the backseat of his Honda sedan after he completed his eight-hour shift at the hospital.


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Location: W 183rd St & University Ave, Bronx, NY 10453, USA

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