Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens), who chairs the transportation committee, introduced the bill last year, when 16 kids were killed in traffic violence, a record high in the Vision Zero era.
"Absent a true commitment to this broader vision, the least we can do is have everyone — the city and suburbs alike — pay their fair share to staunch the bleeding," the Park Slope lawmaker says.
Unelected community boards should be able to dictate the terms of street safety redesigns in their districts — even if that goes against the judgment of city planners, City Council Transportation Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers said this week.