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The Livable Streets Legislation That Albany Didn’t Act on This Session

By Stephen Miller | Jun 25, 2014 | 1 Comment

With the passage of bills to lower NYC’s speed limit and significantly expand the city’s speed camera program, this year’s legislative session was unusually productive for street safety measures, at least by Albany standards. Still, there were a wide range of street safety and transit issues the legislature failed to address. Some of these bills have […]

NYC Set for 25 MPH Limit After Overwhelming Votes in Assembly, Senate

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2014 | 13 Comments

The New York state legislature voted last night to lower New York City’s default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph. The bill now heads to Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is expected to sign it. While the votes last night were overwhelming and bipartisan — 106-13 in the Assembly, followed nearly two hours later by […]

Tell Marty Golden and Andrew Lanza the Lifesaving 25 MPH Bill Can’t Wait

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2014 | 2 Comments

If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to urge key Senate lawmakers to get behind the bill to lower New York City’s default speed limit from 30 to 25 miles per hour. With just hours remaining in the current legislative session, it’s up to NYC’s two Senate Republicans, Marty Golden and Andrew Lanza, […]

Thanks to Albany and NYPD, Careless Driving Law Will Keep Gathering Dust

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2014 | 4 Comments

For the second year in a row, a bill to bring an end to NYPD’s self-imposed ban on penalizing motorists for careless driving has passed the State Senate, but apparently won’t clear the Assembly. Sponsored by Senator Dan Squadron, the bill would amend the state “vulnerable user” law by explicitly stating that officers may ticket or arrest […]

Traffic Violence Victims’ Families Call on Klein, Senate to Back 25 MPH Bill

By Stephen Miller | Jun 10, 2014 | 2 Comments

Families of traffic violence victims gathered with advocates and elected officials this morning to ask State Senate leadership to lower New York City’s default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph. The families are hoping key Senate leaders will introduce and pass a companion to the 25 mph Assembly bill sponsored by Speaker Sheldon Silver before this year’s […]

All Eyes on Senate as Families for Safe Streets Push for Lower Speed Limit

By Stephen Miller | May 29, 2014 | 6 Comments

Yesterday, five members of Families for Safe Streets were joined by Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg in Albany to build support for a bill to lower the city’s default speed limit to 25 mph. Advocates say Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is set to sign on as a sponsor, while City Hall and advocates continue to aim for […]

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