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Council Passes Resolution Asking Albany for Speed Cams; Will Senate Say Yes?

By Stephen Miller | Mar 20, 2013 | 9 Comments

This afternoon, the City Council passed a resolution asking Albany to move forward with legislation allowing New York City to install a speed camera demonstration program. Speed cameras are supported by the City Council, Mayor Bloomberg, NYC DOT, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, and a majority of the city’s Assembly delegation. The program is opposed by […]

Council Transpo Committee Approves Speed Camera Resolution

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2013 | 9 Comments

The City Council transportation committee has overwhelmingly passed a resolution in support of NYC’s first-ever speed camera program. The vote was 10-1, with Vincent Ignizio voting against. Darlene Mealy and Eric Ulrich were absent. Here’s the roll call: James Vacca: Y Gale Brewer: Y Dan Garodnick: Y David Greenfield: Y Vincent Ignizio: N Peter Koo: […]

Vacca Defends Speed Cams While Ulrich Defends Speeding

By Stephen Miller | Mar 18, 2013 | 29 Comments

This afternoon, the City Council’s transportation committee held a hearing on resolutions asking Albany to move forward on two street safety initiatives: legislation allowing New York City to start a speed camera demonstration program, and a bill to close a loophole in the state’s careless driving law. Votes on the resolutions are expected at the full […]

Participatory Budgeting Offers Chance to Vote for Livable Streets Projects

By Stephen Miller | Mar 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

Eight city council members have put a portion of their discretionary capital funds up for a vote as part of an exercise in participatory budgeting, which allows residents to decide how the money will be spent in their own neighborhoods. Votes in each district are approaching soon, and there’s an opportunity to support livable streets […]

Ray Kelly: NYPD Will Retire “Accident” and “Dead or Likely to Die” Rule

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2013 | 12 Comments

NYPD will increase the number of officers assigned to investigate serious traffic crashes, and will revise protocols that denied the possibility of justice to thousands of victims of vehicular violence, according to a letter from Commissioner Ray Kelly to the City Council. In another major shift, the department will stop using the word “accident” to […]

City Council Lets Albany and NYPD Off the Hook for Traffic Violence

By Ben Fried | Mar 8, 2013 | 9 Comments

City Council Speaker Chris Quinn and Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca finally responded to the deaths of Amar Diarrassouba and Raizel and Nachman Glauber today, after devoting their energy earlier in the week to keeping municipal parking underpriced. So are they calling on Albany to pass speed camera legislation? Nope. Pressuring NYPD to get serious […]

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