New York cops gave two teens jaywalking tickets as they were being treated in an emergency room , suffering multiple injuries , after being struck by a vehicle in Brooklyn . Beanca Moise and Jo-Anna Thiboutot , both 16 , were rushed to the Kings County Hospital Center on March 14 suffering multiple fractures and bruises after being struck by a car as they attempted to cross the street mid-block in a section of Flatbush Avenue , according to the New York Post . Moise said she thought the cops standing near her hospital bed , as doctors swarmed around her , were there to see if she was okay . Tickets : New York cops gave Beanca Moise ( photographed ) and Jo-Anna Thiboutot jaywalking tickets as they were being treated in an emergency room , suffering multiple injuries , after being struck by a vehicle in Brooklyn . Instead , they were there to give her and Thiboutot tickets for jaywalking -- illegally or recklessly crossing the street without regard for approaching traffic . 'It was very insulting , ' Moise told the Post . ' I got hit by a car , and they came to the hospital not even checking if I was okay , and just gave us the ticket . ' The cops told the Post that they were simply following Mayor Bill de Blasio 's Vision Zero orders - an effort to end traffic deaths and injuries by cracking down on reckless drivers and pedestrians . They told the teens ' parents that the tickets were mandatory given the mayor 's 'zero tolerance ' jaywalking policy . Mandatory : The cops told Moise 's ( photographed ) and Thiboutot 's parents that the tickets were mandatory given Mayor Bill de Blasio 's 'zero tolerance ' jaywalking policy . Thiboutot 's mother , Rose Benjamin , was handed the teen 's summons as her daughter was being treated for deep bruises and gashes on a hospital stretcher . The accident reports and the girls ' summonses blame the teens for running into traffic because the girls were attempting to cross the street mid-block , the Post reports . Each summons was signed by one 63rd Precinct cop , a 'PO Nagle . ' The driver , Edwin Lawrence , did not receive a summons because a witness reportedly told police Lawrence had the right of way . Jaywalking summonses have risen to 2,000 a year since the mayor implemented the crackdown , according to the Post . The cops told the Post that they were simply following Mayor de Blasio 's ( center ) Vision Zero orders - an effort to end traffic deaths and injuries by cracking down on reckless drivers and pedestrians . 'Crackdown : ' Wiley Norvell , a spokesperson for City Hall , took to Twitter Saturday saying that five tickets a day in a city of millions is hardly a 'jaywalking crackdown ' The girls ' families plan to fight the summons and sue the driver . They hired lawyer Michael Goldberg who questioned why the officers had to hand-deliver the tickets to the girls while they were being treated at the hospital , the Post reports . Weeks after the incident , Moise remains on crutches and reportedly needs two more months to recover from fractures and bone contusions . Though the officer 's held that they were simply following orders in delivering the 'mandatory ' tickets , Wiley Norvell , a spokesman for City Hall , told Gothamist that there is 'no such thing as a 'zero tolerance ' policy on jaywalking . ' 'Enforcement decisions are made precinct by precinct as commanding officers see fit , based on conditions they see on the ground , ' he said . Serious Injuries : In 2014 , an elderly man , Kang Wong , suffered serious head injures as NYPD cops attempted to arrest him after stopping the man for jaywalking in the city 's Upper West Side . Norvell stated that five jaywalking tickets are issued each day adding that 100 are given for failure to yield . Norvell took to Twitter Saturday saying that five tickets a day in a city of millions is hardly a 'jaywalking crackdown . ' The city saw an increase in jaywalking tickets shortly after the mayor implemented the Vision Zero plan in 2014 . With Police Commissioner Bill Bratton embracing the mayor 's plan , the New York Police Department issued more than 400 jaywalking tickets in the first two months of 2014 -- compared with just 50 the year before , the Post reports . The jaywalking 'crackdown ' provided tickets to many New Yorkers last year , Meanwhile de Blasio and his security detail were caught on video jaywalking . In 2014 , an elderly man , Kang Wong , suffered serious head injures as NYPD cops attempted to arrest him after stopping the man for jaywalking in the city 's Upper West Side .
Two New York police officers gave the tickets to Beanca Moise and Jo-Anna Thiboutot as they were being treated in the ER . Struck by vehicle while attempting to cross a busy street in Brooklyn . The cops said the jaywalking tickets were mandatory as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio 's crackdown on reckless drivers and pedestrians .