Kristal Bayron-Nieves was doing everything right this time last year, holding down a steady job at a local Burger King while studying to be a nurse — but she'd never live to reach her full potential.
The 19-year-old East Harlem resident was shot dead on Jan. 9, 2022 on what was supposed to be her last late-night shift by an armed robber looking for cash from the fast food joint — pulling the trigger on her for just $100 in cash.
One year later, her friends and family were still struggling with the incomprehensible agony left in the wake of the murder — the young woman’s mother, brother, and grandfather serving as the living, breathing cost of gun violence — while attending a street renaming ceremony in Bayron-Nieves’ honor Sunday.“She doesn’t want anybody to forget what happened.
Emotions ran raw at the Jan. 8 ceremony, spilling out in profuse tears as attendees embraced in the shadow of the cold-blooded crime that took place. Mayor Eric Adams was among those who shared in their grief, lamenting what he cited as a monumental loss mere days after he took office.“I remember like it was yesterday, walking into the household and seeing the family and how traumatized they were,” Mayor Adams said.
Spectators released balloons into the sky in memory of Bayron-Nieves before officially unveiling the new street name. The crowd gathered around the lamppost, hugged and lit candles in honor of a life taken too soon. “It’s particularly painful to think about Kristal, who did what we asked young people to do. She went out and got a job to earn money—not an easy job, working the overnight shift and fast food to help her family pay bills. She had a dream to save money to attend nursing school. Kristal today should have been in nursing school,” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said.
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