Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about State Legislature

Will Meaningful Hit-and-Run Reform Be on Albany’s 2016 Agenda?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 14, 2015 | No Comments

Governor Cuomo has vetoed bills that would have set back efforts to reform state hit-and-run statutes. For years, prosecutors and traffic safety advocates have asked Albany lawmakers to fix state law that rewards drunk drivers who flee the scene of a serious crash, since the penalty for hit-and-run can be less severe than the penalty for drunk drivers who stay at the […]

Today: Urge Cuomo to Amend or Kill Disastrous Albany Hit-and-Run Bill

By Brad Aaron | Dec 2, 2015 | No Comments

District attorneys and traffic safety advocates across the state are asking Governor Cuomo to kill a bill that would stall efforts to reform state laws that create an incentive for drunk drivers to leave the scene of harmful crashes. This year the Assembly and State Senate passed a bill (A5266/S4747) to create the offense of aggravated leaving the scene, a […]

NYPD Conspicuously Absent From City Council Vision Zero Hearing

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2015 | 32 Comments

How seriously does Police Commissioner Bill Bratton take Vision Zero? The City Council transportation committee held a hearing today to gauge the city’s progress in reducing traffic injuries and deaths, and NYPD didn’t send a single person to provide testimony or answer questions. In NYPD’s absence, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg — as she often does — had to field council […]

Cuomo Signs Bill Allowing NYC to Expand Bus Lane Camera Program

By Stephen Miller | Sep 21, 2015 | 10 Comments

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Saturday that will speed up bus trips by expanding the number of bus lanes where the city can deploy camera enforcement. The law now enables New York City to use cameras to keep car drivers out of exclusive bus lanes on up to 16 routes, an increase from just six today. […]

NYPD and Electeds Idle as NYC’s Hit-and-Run Epidemic Claims Another Life

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2015 | 12 Comments

It was a particularly barbaric crime: A driver fatally struck a person who was crossing the street with a walker, then left the scene. That it was the second such death in a matter of weeks is another reminder that New York City, thanks in part to indifference in Albany, is failing to meaningfully address its ongoing epidemic of deadly hit-and-run […]

Four Transportation and Street Safety Bills That Albany Failed to Pass

By Stephen Miller | Jun 30, 2015 | 15 Comments

Every year, several worthy street safety and transportation bills make it through either the State Senate or the Assembly but not the other house. This year, bills on four key issues made it through the Senate before dying in the Assembly. A bill to legalize electric-assist bicycles came very close to passing both chambers. Currently the federal government permits the sale of these […]

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