exclusively this afternoon, she worries this incident may have scarred her for life. now that staff member is set to appear here in bronx criminal court today and what he's vile. >> i cry for her every day. >> reporter: it was a heartbreaking phone call that left this coney island mother helplessness and rage. >> how could you do that? child? >> reporter: on the other end of the phone was an administrator from the christopher school in the bronx, explaining her 14-year-old daughter was allegedly molested by a staff member. the school provides 24-hour care to children with disabilities. and this mom says her daughter has the mental capacity of a 4-year-old. someone she trusted at the school took advantage of that. >> he comes in the room, touches her every night. that's really, really wrong. and that's what hurt me the

>> reporter: police have since arrested 51-year-old yakubu abdulazeez who was allegedly caught in the lounge. this mom questions how long these alleged acts were going on and if there could have been other victims. >> if he did it to her, half the kids can't even talk. they don't have a voice. he took away her innocence. he took away her trust in people. that was wrong of you. and you will pay for this. abdulazeez has no prior arrests. he's set to appear before a judge tonight. aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> just heart wrenching. thank you, aj. an arrest tonight in connection with a destructive fire in new jersey. three adjacent businesses were destroyed in the fire in keyport last friday. 28-year-old andrew meyer is

working without a permit. he was doing roof work on one of the buildings before the fire started. a raging fire ripped through a home overnight in suffolk county. the fire broke out in a house on west smith street and north amityville just before 1 a.m. by the time firefighters arrived, flames were shooting out of windows. the good news is no one was home at the time and no one was hurt. there's no word yet on what caused the fire. a deadly love triangle and tonight the father of a woman's child is dead. her new boyfriend, a teenager, is now charged with murder. a bloody stabbing on the streets of the uber -- on the upper east side of manhattan. darla miles on the upper east side with the latest. >> that teenager now charged with murder is 19-year-old gustavo rodriguez. he's expected to leave the 19th precinct shortly and be transferred to central booking. again, he's now charged with murder after getting in to an argument with his new

>> i feel sad. very bad about what happened. >> reporter: what happened just after 1 a.m. on 3rd avenue on the upper east side left one man dead, another charged with murder. the dispute centered around a woman. 19-year-old gustavo rodriguez now charged with murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. >> i woke up pretty early about 5:00. there was a lot of police, a lot of sirens, a lot of everybody outside. >> reporter: police say rodriguez stabbed 22-year-old xavier olivares in the chest. they say they had a child together. she worked with rodriguez at this restaurant, and they had been dating. they say the couple was walking between east 94th and 95th street when they were confronted by olivares who was later killed. >> just a regular guy, a worker guy, family man. >> reporter: according to investigators, the 20-year-old woman flagged down a cab and

telling police it was a random attack. but they say her story unraveled when detectives found surveillance video that contradicted her story. >> 19-year-old gustavo rodriguez charged with murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon. he will leave the 19th precinct shortly and be transferred to central booking. the woman involved in this situation, at this point no charges expected to be filed against her. reporting on the upper east side, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. the federal corruption probe in to the nypd that also involves mayor de blasio now includes another prominent local official. investigators are now looking in to the campaign contributions for westchester county executive rob astorino. his campaign reportedly received a donation from one of the two brooklyn businessmen now under investigation. the men who also donated to mayor de blasio's 2013 campaign face allegations of pay-offs to police.

huge leads in the polls tonight for donald trump and hillary clinton, ahead of next tuesday's new york primary. busy day of campaigning for all the candidates in the state. first the democrats, town hall in rochester for bernie sanders. hillary clinton at a round table on pay equality in new york city. as for the republicans, speaker of the house paul ryan insisting late this afternoon he will not be a candidate for president, nor would he accept the nomination of his party no matter how brokered and open his party's convention is in cleveland in july. trump in the economically challenged upstate new york, his rally just starting in rome, new york. john kasich is in new york city. dave evans is in the newsroom with more on the presidential race. >> we take a closer look at the republican raced to. in new york donald trump has a huge lead but john kasich supporters keep saying hold on despite kasich winning only one state, his home state of ohio. ted cruz, no big events today. as you mentioned, donald trump again warning his party, don't even think of nominating somebody else.

decried all the mudslinging as a path that's bad for his party and bad for america. >> the path that exploits anger, encourages resentment, turns fear in to hatred, and divides people. >> reporter: surprisingly kasich soft pedaled things, never mentioning trump by name, never mentioning ted cruz either. >> those that continuously push that type of behavior are not worthy of the office they are seeking. >> reporter: a new poll in new york gives trump a commanding lead here, but kasich supporters today said so what? it's all about the convention this summer. >> do you think he has a chance? >> i think everybody has a chance when we get to the convention. it's the truth. i've been saying that for a long time. >> it took a long time before people started really listening to john kasich. >> do you think he has a chance? >> i absolutely think he has a chance at a convention. >> reporter: some republicans hope if trump falters, house

last minute savior but today he said forget it. >> let me be clear. i do not want nor will i accept the nomination for our party. >> reporter: trump might still lock up things before a convention, especially with a huge win in new york. but former mayor rudy giuliani today underscored trump's dilemma. he's voting for trump but won't endorse him. >> do you have concerns? >> sure. i agree with donald probably on eight out of ten positions which is good enough for me. reagan on. he was my hero. but i have concerns on immigration. >> paul ryan today said if no republican has the magic number of 1237 delegates on the first ballot at the convention this summer, then a second ballot he says should only include those who are actually in the primaries. today's poll shows trump with a big lead in new york, also looked at democrats. that poll gives hillary clinton a 13-point lead over bernie sanders. >> what an election season. now to the democratic side.

supporters at a rally in upstate new york by taking shots at mrs. clinton. senator sanders telling the crowd in syracuse that he and mrs. clinton differ on how to fundraise. he said donation was $27 while sanders claims clinton raised $25 million from special interest groups and from wall street. >> does anybody seriously believe that you can be an agent of change if you're taking money from the most powerful special interest in this country? >> as for hillary clinton, today she attended a roundtable discussion about equal pay women in new york city. a hearing is set tomorrow in brooklyn on the manslaughter conviction of former new york city cop peter liang. the hearing is to explore claims that a juror in liang's trial did not inform the court about his father's criminal history during criminal selection. liang was convicted of accidentally shooting an unarmed

his attorneys are asking for a retrial. liang faces up to 15 years in prison when he's sentenced thursday. repair work could create a headache for drivers. two lanes of 6th avenue remain closed on 58th street between 6th and 7th avenues is shut down for cars. crews from the department of environmental protection are repairing the water system in the area after yesterday's water main break. work is being slowed down because of all the utilities underground. several hundred residents in the area are getting bottled water. federal officials issuing an alarming update about the spread of the zika virus in this country. the centers for disease control says the mosquitos that carry the virus could now make it to 30 states. also says zika is more damaging than initial studies showed. new research shows it could be linked to symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis including trouble with motor skills, vision, and memory. more arrests tonight in connection with the deadly terrorist attacks in brussels and paris. two men accused of renting an

used as a hideout for the brussels subway bomber and his accomplice. six people in all under arrest. belgian authorities have detained three people with ties to the paris attacks last november. two college basketball players on long island arrested. coming up, what they're accused of doing to a fellow teammate. also, an update on that bold bank heist in brooklyn. the thieves breaking in through the roof. today we're hearing from victims who had items stolen from their safe deposit boxes. >> plus a mother sentenced for the death of her young daughter but she won't spend any time in jail. >> and going beyond our world. why stephen hawking and facebook's founder are teaming

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how'd they get around all that security and was it an inside job? those questions tonight from anxious customers and police as the hunt for bank thieves continues in brooklyn. hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and other loot ripped off. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer talked to the victims. he's in borough park. >> certainly this bank robbery has captured not only our attention but our imagination has to how they could have pulled off this heist. customers are wanting to know if their valuables have been stolen. >> reporter: nypd crime scene investigators are spending

hsbc bank branch on 13th avenue in borough park, the scene of a daring heist. $280,000 was taken from the bank's vault eyewitness news has learned and thieves pried in to a number of safety deposit boxes, stealing valuable possessions. >> they've told me nothing. they didn't even tell me that there was a break-in or some kind of problem here. >> reporter: stanley hirsch has a safety deposit box inside. >> jewelry, paperwork. i think my wife put some israeli money in it. not a lot of money. >> but you have no idea at this point whether it's still there? >> absolutely no idea. it's very bad. >> reporter: he can only imagine what others have stored in those boxes for protection but he took his valuables out few years ago. >> stuff maybe inside. like i have a passport and jewelry, a lot of things in the bags and i took everything. thank god. >> reporter: it is not known how many of the boxes may have

for the better part of the day there were no groups of worried customers standing bank. there were, however, a number of detectives who were also moving in and out of this vacant storefront next door. the thieves, investigators believe, cut holes in a chain link fence and used a ladder to get to the roof. there they popped over a rooftop hatch and shimmied inside then in to the vault. >> want to be secure. that's it. stuff like this. >> reporter: others believe there should be more security, considering police sources say the thieves eluded any sight of video cameras, leaving no video evidence and not even tripping an alarm. 100 safety deposit boxes were broken in to in this bank. tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. two basketball players for stony brook university on long island tonight under arrest and

ray sean mcgrew and daesean grewer. they were arrested with a theft on campus, reportedly breaking in to a student's car and stealing a $5,000 tax refund. supporters of the bill say women depend on feminine hygiene products, so they should join things like bandages and medicine in being untaxed. governor cuomo said he will sign the bill in to law. the elimination of the tax would mean around a $14 million loss for the state each year. the duke and duchess of cambridge make a whirlwind tour of india, stopping at the world's largest one horn rhino park. the royals have already visited a sacred gandhi memorial and met with the prime minister. it's all part of their week-long trip to india.

locals about protecting wildlife. the famed physicist stephen hawking announcing a $100 million project to seek out life in outer space. the project dubbed breakthrough star shot, wanting to know if it's possible to send a tiny space craft to the atari space system. it would fly about 1/5th the speed of light. they would search for a planet with potential of holding life. hawking asked what the likelihood is that life will be found. >> in your estimation, what's the probability of finding intelligent alien life in the next 20 years and why. >> the probability is low. probably. [ laughter ] >> but they're going to try it anyways. space craft will take 20 years to reach the star system where they will make observations and send back data. probably pretty low. probably. >> probably not.

this weather, the sun is streaming through our windows. kind of inviting. makes me want to go out there. >> wear a sleeveless dress or something. >> perhaps. [ laughter ] >> we have some sunny dispositions i think over the next several days. right in to the early part of next week. not much in the way of cloud cover in the forecast. and also a gradual warming trend which will eventually get us in to the 70s. a live look over central park. temperatures recovered pretty nicely this afternoon after kind of a dreary start with the rain and drizzle we had this morning. 57 right now. that wind coming in from a northerly direction at 5, gusting up to 18. that's a cold wind direction here in the city. that means overnight it will get chilly and will be a hard freeze areas north and west. normal high this time of year is around the 60-degree mark. so just a couple degrees shy of that. the record, 90. that was set back in 1977. we didn't even make it up to a quarter inch of rain today in the city but it all happened

everyone was trying to get to work. needed the umbrella this morning. actually got closer to a half inch on the east end of long island in montauk. colder out there tonight. there will be a hard freeze in the outlying areas north and west. a lot of sun with a gradual warmup through the weekend. next shot at any shower activity really isn't until early next week, late monday at the earliest. 60 right now at newark. 58 at teterboro. 45 at monticello. cooler there. 60 at brick, new jersey. and you've also got cooler temperatures on the east end of the island where you haven't completely cleared out from the cloud cover. freeze areas well north and west. northwestern new jersey, even in to interior sections of southwestern connecticut. so if you have any plants or flowers that you decided to put outdoors, you might want to take them in or cover them up overnight tonight. see the clouds moving offshore, here's that clearing line right across the center of long island. still pretty overcast out by montauk and that's why temperatures are a little bit

a lot of nice dry air coming in from the north overnight tonight and through the next several days. here's our futurecast. along with temperatures, we're down to around 40 by 7:00 in the morning. a lot of 30s in the suburbs. there will be temperatures below freezing well north and west. tomorrow afternoon we get in to the middle 50s. a little bit below average during the day tomorrow by about 5 or 6 degrees in many places. by thursday morning it's another late wednesday night in to thursday morning where we can get frosty conditions well north and west of the city before we go up another couple degrees closer to that average. accuweather forecast for tonight, mainly clear. brisk and colder. we're down to 38 in midtown but near freezing in some of those colder outlying spots, mainly north and west. mostly sunny tomorrow. the high getting up to around 56. partly cloudy tomorrow night. down to 42. colder in the suburbs. big weather story as we head to late week and especially the weekend, really, really large warmup. big ridge of high pressure building over the eastern third

coast we could stay a little bit cooler. we'll talk about those temperature differences coming up next half hour. a warning tonight about some recalled salads. are they in your fridge? >> also ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00, after a string of pedestrian deaths, one county in new jersey now cracking down on speeding drivers. >> tens of thousands of verizon workers on the verge of going on strike. what that could mean for your service. >> and you know those prepaid cash cards? they're the new trend in money management. maybe you have some. tonight we look at the different (laughing)

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new details tonight in one of the defamation lawsuits against bill cosby. the embattled comedian's wife will have to answer more questions. a federal judge ruled that camille cosby must sit for another day of questioning from the lawyers for seven women who all allege the comedian sexually assaulted them decades ago. but the judge granted cosby's request to limit the types of questions asked going forward. the republican chair of the senate judiciary committee today telling merrick garland in person that he will not move forward with his nomination to the supreme court. a statement from republican senator charles grassley's office says the two had a cordial and pleasant breakfast but afterward grassley said he made it clear to judge garland that nothing has changed.

hearings, that the hearings be held on his nomination. he wants the next president to nominate the next justice of the court. connecticut taxi and limousine companies have dropped their lawsuit against uber. attorney for the group says company owners feel the state will not pass regulations on uber and other ridesharing companies. lawsuit in hartford alleged uber violated several laws like racketeering and unfair trade. the judge approved to dismiss the lawsuit last month. 40,000 landline and cable workers could walk off the job starting tomorrow morning. their union says it's trying to stop verizon from moving jobs offshore or cutting benefits for injured employees. workers have been without a contract since last august. verizon says customers will most likely not notice any difference to their service. it says they have thousands of non-union workers ready to step in. whole foods now recalling some of its salads tonight

products were sold at six whole food locations. salads made at the whole foods market facility in massachusetts were mislabeled and might contain egg allergen. 10-ounce packages of asparagus, pea, a spike in the price of u.s. oil helping to give stocks on wall street a big boost. crude prices rose nearly 4% today. the dow rose 164 points closing at 17,721. nasdaq added 38 points. s&p 500 climbed 19 points. straight ahead, a mother accused of overdosing her own child. tonight, a judge sentencing her, but she won't be spending any time behind bars. tonight we have reaction to this controversial ruling. >> plus, airbnb, a city, and the popular traveling site coming to an agreement on a hotel tax. will it affect you >> the battle continues over the so-called bathroom law.

partially caving in to pressure. >> a major effort is on to jfk boulevard and five hudson county towns much safer and begins with trying to get drivers to slow down. this is everything i have, my family. i got to see my dad die on national tv. they don't know what they took from us.

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this is sentencing day for the mother who police say overdosed her young daughter. mom gets five years probation. sentencing was today. the deaths of 6-year-old lacey carr a year ago last easter. >> prosecutors wanted prison

judge ruling this was a tragedy but not murder. >> citing a long history of substance abuse, the judge called kathleen dymes an unsympathetic defendant. her daughter's death was the result of negligence, not intent. >> reporter: today's sentencing marked the end of criminal proceedings though the loss of 6-year-old lacey carr is still being felt. >> this is a woman who will never she lost her 6-year-old. she is responsible and has been admitted to being responsible for the death of her 6-year-old and she will remember that every single day. >> reporter: it was easter sunday 2015 when lacey overdosed on prescription drugs. valium and morphine.

she found the lifeless body. david carr accompanied dymes to court today. the 52-year-old using a walker as she attempts to recover from the failed suicide test. they've asked for jail time, saying she's twice tested positive for marijuana. >> it was this defendant who had a moral and legal obligation to oversee the safety and welfare of her child. she failed in the worst possible way as a mother. >> reporter: the judge in the case spared dymes from incarceration boss the mother didn't intentionally give her daughter drugs. >> this was a mother who by all accounts was a loving mother. she's suffered more than a prison sentence could ever accomplish. >> as part of the sentence,dymes substance abuse treatment.

had her lawyer read a statement, saying i wish it never happened and i'd give anything to change it. >> just sad all the way around. an out of control minivan crashing in the front of a bank. it happened around noon today at the bethpage federal savings bank in elmont. video and images from the scene show the van went all the way in to the building. fortunately no one was hurt. homeowners in newark who rent their homes on airbnb will have to pay the same tax hotels have to pay. ras baraka announced the city had reached an agreement to let the company collect a 6% hotel tax on rentals that previously were not regulated. it estimates the deal will add $750,000 in revenue in the first year. new at 5:00, cheating doesn't pay, but apparently breaking the law does. a new report shows the port authority has failed to collect more than $100 million from drivers who fail to pay tolls.

authority has failed to take legal action against most toll evaders, some of whom owe more than $100,000. the economic revolt growing. so costly, in fact that the governor of north carolina tonight trying to soften the economic impact, is softening the state's new and controversial law. here's abc's elizabeth hur. >> their message is simple. >> to give mississippi a second chance. >> somehow we seemed on passing a bill that will kill our economy. >> the new law allows public and private businesses to refuse service on religious grounds to gay and transgender people and not just wedding venues but adoption, certain medical services and counseling. >> simply all we're trying to do

protection from an overbearing government. >> reporter: the governor defending the law believes critics are overreacting, but these lawmakers now introducing a bill to try to have it repealed say the growing backlash speaks for itself. singer bryan adams canceled a concert there in protest. several big businesses asked for the law to be repealed. more than 80 businesses are doing the same in north carolina over a similar law there with paypal already pulling 400 jobs and a $3.6 million project. >> and the governor there just issued an executive order. it softens the gender specific bathroom requirements and he promises to push the legislature to restore the right to sue for discrimination in the state. i'm elizabeth hur for channel 7 eyewitness news. u2 front man bono was on capitol hill to testify on violent extremism and

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so many residents are now not using enough water. it's slowing the efforts to rid the system of toxins. also water samples show there's less lead in the water now but levels still exceed federal limits and the infrastructure needs a lot more work. experts say at this point the more water used in flint's system, the more quality will improve. a man from possessed as a high school student in pennsylvania and had sex with an underage girl tonight has been denied a lower bail. prosecutors dropping identity theft and conspiracy charges against arthur semaran. he faces statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, and tampering with public records. he's accused of faking his name and age in a harrisburg high school and having sex with a 15-year-old girl. a mother says a family court judge kicked her out of his courtroom because she was breastfeeding her 8-month-old baby. >> ma'am, you need to cover up. for you not to realize that is

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>> looks like she definitely said yes. >> wouldn't it have been a different story if she had said no? >> oh, yeah, it would have been. [ laughter ] that would have been uncomfortable. jeff smith in for lee goldberg today. a good day to be working. you have good news for us. >> you're always making it comfortable. >> did you notice he just directed that to you? >> because it was a compliment about the weather we had. >> after a dreary start. >> this is true. >> rainfall this morning but cleared out nicely. get some strong april sunshine which is just as powerful as the sunshine in september, by the way. and that can warm things up in a hurry. we take a look outside right now over toward the empire state building. see all the way down to one world trade. crystal clear skies out there. nice dry air mass moving in. 57 right now. wind coming in from the northerly direction around 5, gusting up to 18 miles per hour. if you're heading to citifield at 7:10 this evening for first pitch. 54 degrees.

a few layers are in order. you've got to bundle up. temperatures falling in to the 40s. down to 44 by midnight. 38 by 7:00 in the morning and back up to 49 by noon. a lot of sunshine but with the north northeast wind it will keep it a little bit below average for this time of the year. average is right around 60 degrees. i do not think we reach that tomorrow. 60, brick, new jersey. cooler on the island. 52 in islip. mid 40s on the east end at montauk where you still have a lot of cloud cover. the clearing line is rapidly making progress from west to east. high pressure moving in to north of the area tomorrow. clockwise flow around that despite dry, a little bit cool air mass in to the day wednesday. lows tonight getting down to 38. in the meantime, in central park, north and west of new york city we're talking 33 at morristown and white plains. below freezing though. poughkeepsie, sussex, and

you do have freeze warnings in effect. if you have any plants or tender vegetation, you either want to take it indoors overnight or protect it by covering it up. 52, belmar tomorrow for a high. 56 in the park. 54 on the island. then the big warming trend with the big ridge of high pressure building in to the eastern half of the country. eventually getting in to the low 70s. air quality tomorrow, good. uv index is 6 which is high. and pollen is high as well. mainly clear, brisk and colder. 38 in midtown manhattan. mostly sunny tomorrow up to 56. a little bit below average. we're down to 52. each day we go up by a few degrees. 58 on thursday. 61 on friday. 64, saturday. saturday is one of those days where there could be a very big range between the coast and

upper 50s right at the shore but closer to 70 inland. many areas i think get in to the low 70s on sunday, even in to monday as well, there's a slight chance that by late monday we get a shower better chance of that on tuesday but that's probably the best 7-day forecast i've been able to advertise since the fall, maybe late last summer. >> good looking weekend too. >> and the sun is powerful because the angle of the sun is the same as it is in september. if you use one of those prepaid reloadable cash cards to manage your money and your spending, you're not alone. they're rapidly growing in popularity across the country. but not all those cards are the same. consumer reports now analyzing the cards. eyewitness news reporter joe torres has the results. >> reporter: catherine french, her mother and son all use prepaid cards. for james, it takes the place of a bank account.

from restaurants to convenience stores, gas stations, anywhere. >> reporter: catherine says the prepaid card makes it easy to give james only what he needs for school and to avoid the perils of a credit card. >> i know i'm not going to let him loose with a credit card with my name on it. >> reporter: consumer reports evaluated the terms of 20 prepaid cards and said they're better than they used to be. >> one of the big improvements is safety. all of the prepaid car issuers voluntarily offer some of the same protections as bank issued credit and debt cards. >> reporter: however, you must register your card to get those predictions. since they're only voluntary, they could be revoked. consumer reports also evaluated the cards for value and convenience. >> for those who use the cards in place of a bank account, it's important to be able to pay bills, add money and withdraw cash without incurring a lot of fees. >> reporter: the lowest rated card, the net spend has relatively high fees and there's always a fee to use an atm. net spend says it offers, quote,

not be comparable to prepaid card programs consumer reports reviewed. >> the four highest rated prepaid cards worked well for those who used them instead of a bank account as well as those who used them for shopping. >> reporter: they are the bluebird from american express and walmart, chase liquid issued by chase, the green dot prepaid visa, and halogen reloadable card available at kmart. news. >> the government is expected to issue new regulations for prepaid cards this spring. the new rules will guarantee protections for lost and stolen cards and make it easier to understand and compare fees. a series of sex abuse scandals tonight raising serious questions about some boarding schools. alumni have come forward at a school in rhode island, claiming they were sexually violated by teammates. at a school in exitor, several people have accused them of

this comes after a rape trial involving a student. he's trying to appeal that conviction. trying to prevent deadly crashes. speeding becoming a big problem. police in several cities are joining forces. we have new details about the initiative and how it could affect you. >> coming up at 6:00, the power of wall street. with one week to go to the new york primaries, we take a look at where candidates stand when it comes to the banks and wall

slow down, save lives. that's the message a new jersey prosecutor is hoping will get the attention of drivers. it's a reaction to several recent deaths involving cars and pedestrians across hudson county. eyewitness news reporter toni yates is live in north bergen with more. >> you see behind me the slow down traffic signs are out, including the signs that tell you how fast you're actually going, but there are still speeders out here and that's why the prosecutor's office is committed to this crackdown at least through the summer because there seems to be some kind of learning curb about what driving 25 miles per hour actually feels like.

down, save lives looks like this. cops are out in force, enforcing the 25-mile-per-hour speed limit. >> everyone is consumed with their cell phone and their e-mail and they're in a rush and working multiple jobs, and rushing to our next point. we need to take stock in the fact that distracted operation of a motorcycle vehicle could have a tragic result. >> reporter: last month teenagers brian rodriguez and noel herrera killed when someone jumped the curb, slammed in to the boys and another teen who was critically injured. february 29th, west new york, shayla pachardo killed. july 2013, an 8-month-old killed when a bus jumped the curb along jfk in west new york hitting a lamp post that fell on the baby's stroller. tragedies in hudson county towns. the prosecutor responding with this crackdown on driver and pedestrian failures. >> the initiative is not just

the initiative is also speeding on any roadway in hudson county, particularly kennedy boulevard, but i should also say that it includes jaywalking and it includes failing to yield to pedestrians. >> reporter: lawmakers looking too to make the stretch safer. >> we're going to start from the bottom of bayonne to north bergen and meet with every town individually and go over the problem spots, whether it be crosswalks, lighting, balards. >> reporter: the prosecutor saying drivers must have a part in this as well and this is how it begins. >> frankly, just you and i standing here it's a little bit of a concern because cars come down so fast. >> if by the end of summer speeding is still an issue out here on the street, the prosecutor's office says she has no problem extending that crackdown indefinitely. we're live in north bergen, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> necessary move. what to do with wall street. demolition or regulation? it's the heart of the bernie

eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. talk about bold and radical plan. governor cuomo tonight proposing an enormous bridge project, spanning the long island sound, but is it a sound idea? the environment? >> plus, a family tragedy, a young mother hit and killed by an out of control driver moments school bus. good evening at 6:00. i'm bill ritter. liz is off tonight. moment. first, some breaking news. investigators at the scene of a school in brooklyn where a trailer was allegedly being used as an illegal daycare. newscopter7 over the scene just a short time ago. this is in borough park. the trailer adjacent to a private school.

trailer was being used or how many children were being cared for. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. now to the family tragedy on long island. a young mother walking her dog home after she dropped off her child for school. then just like that it was over. the out of control car jumping the curb and killing the woman and the dog. it happened in the suffolk county hamlet of east islip. long island reporter kristin thorne at the scene with our lead story. >> skye brunette-- skye brunetti's family says it happened right here. brunetti's family members can't believe this happened. >> she was the best person you could ever think of. beautiful person and i loved her a lot. >> reporter: skye brunetti's brother says his sister was a