Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Marty Golden

Looks Like Marty Golden Is Holding Up Speed Cameras, Again

By Brad Aaron | Apr 30, 2014 | 24 Comments

Dana Rubinstein at Capital New York reports that State Senator Marty Golden has again emerged as an obstacle to NYC speed cameras. On Monday the Assembly passed a bill that would allow the city to deploy 120 additional cameras, bringing the total to 140. We reported yesterday that the allocation of speed camera revenue was a […]

Safety of NYC Streets Again Depends on State Senator Marty Golden

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

The Assembly yesterday passed legislation that would expand NYC’s speed camera program by 120 cameras, bringing the total to 140. The bill, which also allows speed cameras in Nassau and Suffolk counties, was referred to the Senate rules committee this morning, bypassing the transportation committee. Rules is the last stop before a bill moves to the floor […]

Martin Dilan Introduces 20 MPH Bill in State Senate

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2014 | 19 Comments

State Senator Martin Malave Dilan, of Brooklyn, has introduced companion legislation to Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell’s speed limit bill, which would set the maximum speed on NYC streets at 20 miles per hour, except on streets “where the City Council determines a different speed limit is appropriate.” “In the first two weeks of 2014 there were seven […]

Does Marty Golden Really Need Convincing That Lower Speeds Save Lives?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 17, 2014 | 10 Comments

The Daily News didn’t need to send anyone to stand in traffic for man-on-the-street reaction quotes on Dan O’Donnell’s bill to lower the speed limit in NYC to 20 miles per hour. Instead, all they had to do was call up Marty Golden. [Golden] called O’Donnell’s bill an “overreaction” and warned the lower speed limit […]

Marty Golden Needs to Hear From New Yorkers Who Want Speed Cameras

By Brad Aaron | Jun 21, 2013 | 54 Comments

It appears The speed camera bill will clear has cleared the Assembly, but the effort to protect NYC school kids from reckless drivers is in trouble in the State Senate. At this writing, S04459A is laid aside for discussion. We’re hearing from multiple sources that Senate Republicans say they oppose the bill, but are offering no consensus why. Regardless, […]

Motorists Killed at Least Two Pedestrians in Marty Golden’s District in April

By Brad Aaron | May 16, 2013 | 17 Comments

A pedestrian struck by a motorist on April 1 in Bay Ridge died from her injuries. The crash occurred on a section of Fourth Avenue where DOT plans to install a pedestrian fence, and in a precinct where NYPD writes a speeding ticket once every five days. The victim, a 30-year-old female whose name was […]

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