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Avonte Oquendo

Senate unanimously passes Kevin and Avonte's Law

  • Jul 20, 2016

NJ police department invests in tracking devices to keep special needs children safe

  • Jan 16, 2016

City agrees to $2.7 million settlement with Avonte Oquendo's family

The City of New York agreed to pay $2.7 million on Thursday to the family of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen who went missing and died in 2013.

  • Jul 29, 2016

GPS tracking device helps Nassau County mother keep her boys with autism safe

  • Nov 2, 2015

A march to mark the anniversary of the disappearance of Avonte Oquendo

  • Oct 10, 2015

NYC schools to get audible alarms after boy's escape, death

  • Jun 4, 2015

'Avonte's Law' made official

  • Aug 7, 2014

NYC Council Committee approves 'Avonte's Law'; full council votes Thursday

  • Jul 23, 2014

Council hears opposition to Avonte's Law

  • Jun 12, 2014

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Avonte Oquendo family files wrongful death lawsuit

The autistic non-verbal 14-year-old ran from his school in Long Island City, Queens, last October and was found in the East River three months later.

  • Jun 4, 2014
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