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Victims’ Families Optimistic About Change After Meeting Albany Lawmakers

By Stephen Miller | Mar 19, 2014 | 3 Comments

During yesterday’s trip to Albany, members of Families for Safe Streets not only won over a key new backer of legislation to set the city’s default speed limit at 20 mph, they met with more than 30 legislators to ask for lower speed limits and more automated enforcement. “It was absolutely exhausting, emotionally and physically,” said Mary Beth Kelly, […]

Victims’ Families Head to Albany, Calling on Legislators to Save Lives

By Stephen Miller | Mar 18, 2014 | 7 Comments

The State Senate budget released late last week includes a plan to expand New York City’s school zone speed enforcement program from 20 cameras to 180 cameras. As the Senate, Assembly and Governor Cuomo enter budget negotiations, families of traffic violence victims are in Albany today to meet with legislators and push for policies that […]

Assembly Members: We Have to Stop Cuomo’s $40 Million Transit Raid

By Stephen Miller | Mar 3, 2014 | 2 Comments

Yesterday, a group of Assembly members and advocates took Governor Cuomo to task for the $40 million transit raid in his budget proposal. The legislators unveiled a letter [PDF] urging Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to restore the funds in the legislative budget, due for a vote on March 12. In the executive budget, Cuomo wants to […]

Who, Me? Cuomo Vetoes Lockbox Bill, Denies Raiding Transit

By Stephen Miller | Nov 14, 2013 | 15 Comments

Hours after the MTA announced that it would be scaling back planned fare hikes in part because of better-than-expected tax receipts, Governor Cuomo vetoed two transparency bills designed to discourage Albany from siphoning away those very same dedicated transit funds. The governor capped his veto with a brazen denial: Despite getting caught raiding the MTA’s budget earlier […]

As Deadline Approaches, Will Cuomo Sign or Veto Transit Lockbox Bill?

By Stephen Miller | Nov 4, 2013 | 4 Comments

This afternoon, a coalition of more than 200 groups sent a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo [PDF] asking him to sign the transit lockbox bill, which would help safeguard dedicated transit funds by requiring the state to disclose the impact of any raids on transit agency budgets. The pressure is on: The governor has until the middle of […]

Pressure Builds Upstate for Cuomo to Sign Transit Lockbox Bill

By Stephen Miller | Aug 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

The transit lockbox bill, which would help safeguard dedicated transportation funds by requiring the state to disclose the impact of transit raids, still awaits a signature from Governor Cuomo following unanimous Senate and Assembly votes earlier this year. Now, two upstate newspapers are calling on the governor to sign the bill. A previous version of the […]

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