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Assembly to Reject Cuomo’s $40M Transit Raid; No Word From State Senate

By Brad Aaron | Mar 10, 2014 | 2 Comments

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will look to block Governor Cuomo’s $40 million transit raid, according to the Daily News. Cuomo’s executive budget proposes to divert $40 million in dedicated transit revenue to pay for MTA bonds the state had pledged to pay off from the general fund. The move could cost the MTA around $350 […]

32 Assembly Members Want to Reverse Cuomo’s Transit Raid. Where’s Shelly?

By Ben Fried | Mar 7, 2014 | 2 Comments

It’s crunch time for the state budget, and so far Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has not said a word about undoing the $40 million MTA raid in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget, even though 32 Assembly members have called on Cuomo to restore the funds [PDF]. Cuomo’s budget proposal shifts $40 million in bond obligations to […]

Council Reso Calls on Albany to Lower Citywide Speed Limit to 20 MPH

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2014 | 2 Comments

Steve Levin and Ydanis Rodriguez today introduced a resolution calling on Albany to lower the citywide speed limit to 20 miles per hour, as proposed in legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell and state Senator Martin Dilan. “We have seen time and time again the pain inflicted on families as the result of crashes and we […]

Will Other NYC DAs Join Cy Vance in Getting Behind Vision Zero?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2014 | No Comments

All five New York City district attorneys were invited to Monday’s City Council Vision Zero hearing, according to the office of transportation committee chair Ydanis Rodriguez. Yet Manhattan DA Cy Vance was the only one who participated. Due to time constraints, Vance Chief Assistant DA Karen Friedman Agnifilo was not able to read all of her […]

De Blasio Wants Albany to Make Careless Driving a Crime [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Feb 19, 2014 | 8 Comments

As part of his Vision Zero agenda, Mayor Bill de Blasio wants Albany to elevate careless driving to a criminal offense, increasing penalties while making it easier for police to hold reckless motorists accountable. Enacted in 2010, Hayley and Diego’s Law was intended as a default infraction for crashes that injure pedestrians and cyclists. But under Ray […]

NYC Speed Cams Only Nabbing a Fraction of Speeders

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2014 | 8 Comments

After two weeks, it’s clear that NYC’s new automated speed camera program needs much more leeway from Albany in order to wrestle the city’s dangerous speeding problem under control. Under the law that state legislators passed to enable the program, speed cameras are currently operable only from one hour before the school day begins to […]

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