The number of pedestrians and bicyclists involved in traffic-related fatalities nationwide has risen sharply in recent years, after decades of decline. Pedestrian deaths marked their biggest increase in years, and 2016 saw more bicyclists die on the road than any year in over a quarter-century, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Nearly 65 percent of people who died in hit-and-run crashes were pedestrians or bicyclists. Bicycle and pedestrian accidents in the Bronx can cause severe and often fatal injuries because of the minimal protection that these victims are afforded.

An aging population has led to a larger nursing home population. Nationwide, there are 1.8 million nursing home beds in 17,000 nursing home facilities. Unfortunately, some nursing homes don’t always provide seniors a consistently high level of care. As nursing home negligence attorneys at the Law Office of Steven Fried, we know firsthand that this rising resident population has led to an increase in incidences of nursing home abuse in Manhattan.