6 The Courier sun • january 30, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com Communities rally for pedestrian safety BY LIAM LA GUERE [email protected] Many teary eyes were focused on “vision zero” during recent rallies. Supporters of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s initiative to reduce traffic fatalities to nil gathered on Sunday, January 26 at a candlelight vigil on the corner of Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenues in Ridgewood, where 23-year-old Ella Bandes was struck and killed by a city bus a year ago. Politicians, advocacy groups, friends and family of victims called for safer streets and more responsible drivers during the event, which paid tribute to Bandes and many others. “What we’ve been through in the past year is such a nightmare,” said Judy Kottick, Bandes’ mother. “Losing your child is the worst thing that could happen to anyone. We just don’t want anyone else to go through this.” There have been nearly 20 auto-accident related fatalities in the city, since the start of the new year. Those at the rally wanted drivers to be more aware of pedestrians and avoid breaking traffic laws. They also asked for support for Assemblymember Dan O’Donnell’s bill, which would lower the NYC speed limit to 20 mph from 30 mph, except where the City Council determines a different speed is appropriate. Before the vigil, supporters of “Vision Zero” rallied on Grand Avenue and 69th Place in Maspeth in honor of Angela Hurtado, who was killed at the intersection when a driver with a suspended license struck her on January 18. Transportation advocacy group Make Queens Safer called for support for Senator Michael Gianaris’s bill, which would charge drivers with vehicular assault if they continue to drive without a valid license and are in an accident that causes serious injury or death. It would be a class E felony, punishable by up to four Ella Bandes’ family joined the candlelight vigil to call for zero traffic fatalities. years in prison. “The people we are talking about have had their licenses suspended because they’re already known to THE COURIER/Photo by Liam La Guerre be bad drivers, and the faster and easier we make it for law enforcement to take them off the street, the better,” Gianaris said. OBTAIN A FAST DIVORCE IN AS LITTLE AS 24 HOURS WE ARE HERE TO HELP! Visit us online or Call Now! SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS! A leader in the fast divorce business has been Divorcefast.com of Massachusetts, a company that has been providing speedy, low-cost foreign divorces for 50 years. The company provides divorces that can be completed in as little as one day in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the U.S. offshore island of Guam. According to Alan Alford, proprietor of Divorcefast.com, some of the divorces offered require travel to the court, while some can be done without any travel or court appearance. Some require both parties to sign the court petition for divorce, while others can be achieved with only one party signing. All of the divorces happen very quickly and with a minimal amount of paperwork. The divorces are valid and recognized everywhere, and Alford reports that he processes several thousand of them every year, particularly for New Yorkers. The total cost for fast divorces starts at $995, raising the price to as high as $1,500. All of the divorces, Alford says, are completed within a few days and the clients are then free to remarry or otherwise continue with their lives as single persons. Anyone interested in more details about the Divorcefast offerings can access the company web site at www.divorcefast.com. The forms and instructions can be printed out from there and submitted to the company. For those lacking Internet access, Alford and his staff are prepared to discuss foreign divorces on the phone, at 978-443-8387, or by mail directed to Divorcefast.com, 365 Boston Post Road, Sudbury, MA 01776.. THE PROCESS IS QUICK, EASY, LEGAL & AFFORDABLE 978.443.8387 WWW.DIVORCEFAST.COM
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