Senior dies in WH accident

in temporary housing, we urgently need increased state and federal funding.”

The agency credited the positive trend to the strategies implemented by the Adams administration, including through the Project Open Arms initiative, the multiagency effort to meet the educational needs of families seeking asylum.

Additionally, this year approximately 57 percent of schools are expected to receive a total of $183 million — an average of $209,000 per school — in additional Fair Student Funding, the DOE said, due to higher-than-projected enrollment.

The FSF policy ensures that schools with higher enrollments and schools that serve students with additional needs receive the necessary resources.

According to the DOE, finalized enrollment data will be available in the spring as part of the demographic snapshot. Since the data is preliminary and unaudited, students can still enter or leave the system and the data can fluctuate until the audit process is complete. Q

An elderly woman is dead and an elderly man is injured following an accident in Woodhaven on Nov. 18. According to police, at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a vehicle collision at Woodhaven Boulevard near Park Lane South.

A preliminary investigation determined that a 2017 BMW 430 was traveling southbound on Woodhaven Boulevard in the right lane, when the woman, Tonci Budija, 71, and an unidentified male, 73, attempted to cross the street. The BMW struck the pedestrians with its passenger side mirror as it swerved to avoid them. They were then struck by a 2014 Toyota Camry traveling in the same direction, police said.

Budija sustained severe head and body trauma and was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, authorities said, where she was pronounced dead. The man was taken to NewYork Presbyterian-Queens with head trauma in critical but stable condition.

The 23-year-old male BMW driver and 22-year-old male Toyota driver remained at the scene. No arrests were made and investigation is ongoing. Q

— Kristen Guglielmo