STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Families are left shattered — parents without children, children without parents and partners without one another.
While New York City ended 2025 with the fewest traffic deaths since records began in 1910, Staten Island was an exception, seeing a rise in fatal crashes, according to New York City Department of Transportation data. The borough recorded 13 traffic deaths in 2025, up from 12 in 2024.
Among them was 80-year-old Chaosheng Wu, who was struck and killed in Dongan Hills in March. Two months later, 58-year-old Jose Luis Gomez-Guallazaca, of the Bronx, lost his life after being struck by an e-scooter while crossing a street in Concord…