Simcha Felder Wants More People to Die on Ocean Parkway
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Felder has introduced a bill that would raise the speed limit on Ocean Parkway to 30 miles per hour, exempting the street from NYC’s citywide 25 mph limit.
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The Assembly’s Uber Bill Is Better Than Cuomo’s
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On Friday, Assembly Democrats came out with their version of legislation to legalize Uber outside of New York City, and it includes some critical data transparency measures absent from similar bills put forward by Governor Cuomo and the State Senate.
State Assembly Wants to Restore Cuomo’s $65 Million MTA Cut
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Assembly lawmakers want to restore the $65 million transit cut in Governor Cuomo's draft budget. To reverse the cut, the draft budget released by the Carl Heastie-led Assembly [PDF, page 65-2] reallocates $65 million from New York Works, Cuomo's infrastructure piggy bank, to the MTA.
Speed Cameras, Toll Reform, E-Bikes — Your 2017 Albany Watch List
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There's plenty Albany lawmakers can do this year to improve transit and make streets safer.
Richard Brown: Killing a Baby on a Sidewalk While Unlicensed Isn’t a Crime
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Brown apparently decided a low-level misdemeanor charge was too severe for the death of 8-month-old Navraj Raju.
Cuomo Can Save Lives by Unshackling NYC’s Speed Camera Program
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In addition to lifting the cap on cameras, Cuomo and state lawmakers should end arbitrary restrictions on location and hours of operation, which make the cameras less effective than they could be.