The car accident in which 36 year old NYPD officer Elisa Toro was killed, was “totally preventable” said State Senator Michael Gianaris. For years, Gianaris has been lobbying the city to make the Queensboro bridge exit safer to avoid additional car accidents and protect pedestrians and store owners.
He and councilman Jimmy Van Bramer wrote a new letter to the New York City Department of Transportation to urge them to redesign the ramp and to create taller barricades to protect people in adjacent streets.