Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about State Legislature

Justice for Victims of Hit-and-Run Drivers in New York Shouldn’t Be So Rare

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2017 | 2 Comments

Albany has to stop dithering and give prosecutors adequate tools to hold hit-and-run drivers accountable -- and prosecutors must be more willing to pursue cases.

Tell Your Assembly Member to Get Behind Move New York Toll Reform

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2017 | 5 Comments

Assembly Democrats are meeting today to discuss their priorities for next year's legislation session, and StreetsPAC is asking New Yorkers to call their legislators and urge them to sign on to the Move NY toll reform plan.

Carl Heastie and his Democratic conference. Photo: Amirabbady00/Wikimedia Commons

State Lawmakers Are Failing at MTA Oversight

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2017 | 1 Comment

In 2016, neither the Assembly nor the State Senate held a single oversight hearing about the decline of NYC transit service.

Drivers Out of Control Near Your Local School? Thank Simcha Felder and Senate Republicans

By Brad Aaron | Sep 7, 2017 | 8 Comments

The streets around NYC schools would be safer this year if not for State Senate Republicans and Simcha Felder, who rejected legislation to double the number of school zones where Albany allows the city to place speed enforcement cameras.

Forget Upstate Legislators - Why Don't NYC Dems Advocate for Better Transit?

By Ben Fried | Aug 30, 2017 | 1 Comment

New York City's own contingent in the state legislature is the bigger stumbling block to better transit.

Jeffrey Dinowitz speaking at a rally with transit advocates in February. Photo: David Meyer

Q&A With Jeff Dinowitz on NYC’s Transit Crisis and What Assembly Dems Are Doing About It

By David Meyer | Jul 11, 2017 | 5 Comments

Streetsblog recently spoke to Dinowitz to find out what his constituents are telling him about transit service, how he plans to use his oversight role in the Assembly, and what he thinks must be done to turn around bus and subway service.

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