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Speed Cameras Can No Longer Issue Tickets But City Will Still Collect Data On Scofflaws
Just because the city can't write tickets doesn't mean it can't keep telling the state legislature how valuable speed cameras are.
July 25, 2018
Governor Cuomo Blames Senator Marty Golden for Republicans’ Failure to Pass Speed Camera Bill
The Bay Ridge Senator said he supported speed cameras, but did nothing to get them reauthorized.
July 25, 2018
Safety Advocates To Plan Political Strategy As Speed Cameras Get Shut Down Today
Failure by Golden and Flanagan point to need for action.
July 25, 2018
Senate Will Not Reconvene To Save Lives With Speed Cameras — And Majority Leader John Flanagan Is Perfectly OK With That
And he even blamed street safety advocates in a self-serving statement issued one day before the cameras are turned off.
July 24, 2018
Where’s John? Senate Leader Flanagan Spent the Day NOT Working on Speed Cameras
The man who is standing in the way of more speed cameras for New York City Is still...standing in the way.
July 23, 2018
Marty Golden’s Word on Speed Cams Has Been Good for Nothing
So much for Marty Golden using his pull to get a vote on the speed camera bill in the State Senate.
July 20, 2018
Cuomo Calls on Flanagan to Reconvene Senate and Pass Speed Cam Bill
Passing the Every School Speed Camera Act "could determine whether young people live or die," Cuomo said.
July 13, 2018
Marty Golden’s Support for Speed Cameras Means Nothing Until He Votes for Speed Cameras
Golden says he wants a special session to enact the speed camera bill, but the proof will be in the actual vote.
July 11, 2018
Will Candidates Running to Represent NYC in Albany Stand Up for Transit Riders?
Advocates unveiled a six-point policy agenda including the enactment of congestion pricing to help fund the MTA's Fast Forward plan.
July 10, 2018
Less Than Three Weeks Until Drivers Can Speed in NYC School Zones With Total Impunity
Unless Marty Golden and Senate Republicans act, New York's 140 speed cameras will cease to function on July 25.
July 5, 2018
