Avonte Oquendo
Hero cop finds autistic boy after school didn't notice he was missing A 6-year-old autistic boy ran out of a Brooklyn school without anyone noticing and wound up on a nearby rooftop, where an off-duty cop grabbed him from the ledge. “Thank...
City settles with Avonte Oquendo's family for $2.7M The city has agreed to pay $2.7 million to the family of an autistic teen who slipped away of his Queens school undetected and was later found drowned. Avonte Oquendo’s...
Alarms installed in city schools to prevent kids from leaving More than 21,000 door alarms have been installed in 1,200 city school buildings to prevent children from wandering off, officials told The Post. The city Department of Education put in...
Lawyer blasts investigation into missing special-needs student The lawyer for the family of a special needs teen who went missing from her Brooklyn school for three days last fall slammed a city school investigator’s report that found...
City Council plans to approve Avonte's Law The City Council is on the verge of passing a law requiring alarms on exit doors at public schools to prevent tragedies like the disappearance and death of student Avonte...
Avonte Oquendo's mother sues City The mother of Avonte Oquendo slapped the city and nine school officials with a multi-million dollar lawsuit, blaming them for her son’s wrongful death. Vanessa Fontaine, the 14-year-old boy’s mother,...
City Council schedules hearing on 'Avonte's Law' school-exit alarms The City Council will finally hold a public hearing on a bill that would require alarms on the exit doors of public schools to prevent tragedies such as the disappearance...
City Council stalls ‘Avonte’s Law’ that requires school door alarms The City Council is dragging its feet in enacting a law that would require alarms on the exits of public schools to prevent tragedies like the disappearance and death of...
Show pictures of missing children on screens in taxis: pol Images of missing kids will be required to be shown on Taxi TV, a new City Council bill is proposing. Jimmy Vacca (D-Bronx) introduced the measure in the Council last...