The Blame Game: City Pols Didn’t Back Bill Allowing NYC to Control its Own Speed Limits, State Lawmakers Say
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The legislative session in Albany just ended, but the finger pointing has only gotten started.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about speed cameras
THE ALBANY REPORT: A Historic, Yet Deeply Disappointing, Glass-Half-Empty Legislative Session
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"This is four-dimensional chess," said one lawmaker. "We're negotiating with the Council, with both houses of the legislator and with the executive. To play four-dimensional chess with new and novel pieces was difficult."
Amid Epic Crisis of Road Deaths, Some Members of the City Council Still Oppose Speed Cameras
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The City Council put its rubber stamp to Albany's extension and expansion of New York's speed camera program, but not before a significant number of local pols questioned the life-saving program with myths, not facts.
Update: Jeep Driver Kills 1-Year-Old on Staten Island and Is Later Charged
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A 1-year-old baby is dead after the driver of a Jeep struck him and his mother as they crossed a Staten Island street in the crosswalk on Thursday morning, said cops, who later charged the driver with failure to yield, a minor charge.
Albany Deal Extends Speed Cameras, But Sacrifices the Bill’s Boldest Provisions
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Albany lawmakers on Thursday afternoon reached a deal to renew and expand the city’s speed camera program, keeping them on 24/7 — but the deal was reached only after key provisions of the bill that would help keep reckless drivers off the road were gutted by state lawmakers.
ALBANY NOTEBOOK: Mayor Treks Upstate, But Speed Cameras are Still at Risk of Expiring
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Mayor Adams made another trip up to Albany on Tuesday, but barely, if at all, pushed legislators to support a bill that would renew and expand speed cameras — a self-proclaimed priority of his own administration.