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Mark Treyger and Families for Safe Streets Bring the Fight for Speed Cameras to Marty Golden’s Turf
At a Bensonhurst senior center, Treyger urged residents to call Golden and tell him to renew the speed camera program.
June 27, 2018
Marty Golden’s Cadillac Has Been Caught Speeding in School Zones Three Times in 2018 Alone
The speed camera program that Golden is trying to destroy has tagged his car for 14 violations totaling $700 since 2014.
June 25, 2018
All of NYC Officialdom Blasts Marty Golden and Senate GOP for Letting Speed Cameras Expire
A huge slate of local elected officials led by Mayor de Blasio blasted Senate Republicans for failing to renew and expand the speed camera program, which expires on July 25.
June 25, 2018
“We Will Not Take No for an Answer”: Families for Safe Streets Demand Cuomo Act on Speed Cameras
"Many, many lives have been saved, but last night, the leader of our state failed us," said Amy Cohen. "He got a bridge named after his father, he got a train, but he failed to pass the speed camera program."
June 22, 2018
New Yorkers Will Die Because Cuomo Failed to Get a Speed Camera Bill Through Albany
Cuomo put muscle behind his pet AirTrain project, not the speed camera bill he promised to move.
June 21, 2018
Bay Ridge Kids Press Marty Golden to Prove His Promises on Speed Cameras Weren’t Empty
Golden's support for the speed camera bill should enable it to transcend Albany's partisan gridlock. So far, however, he hasn't delivered.
June 20, 2018
Watch Simcha Felder Run From a Mother Who Lost Her Child to a Speeding Driver
With just hours to go in the legislative session, Felder’s intransigence could shut down NYC’s speed camera program. If that happens, people will die.
June 19, 2018
Which Matters More to Albany: Saving Lives or Collecting Campaign Cash From the PBA?
The largest union representing uniformed NYPD cops is the lone source of organized opposition to the expansion of speed cameras in New York City, and has spent lavishly on campaign contributions to the players in Albany who control the fate of the speed cam bill.
June 19, 2018
If New Yorkers Lose Life-Saving Speed Cameras, Blame Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo could back up public statements of support for automated speed enforcement by pressuring John Flanagan and the State Senate to reauthorize cameras. Instead he's allowed senators to use Simcha Felder's cartoon villainy as an excuse to let the program come dangerously close to extinction.
June 18, 2018
Trauma Doctors vs. The New York State Senate
Staten Island trauma doctors are calling on the State Senate to renew and expand New York City's speed camera program.
June 14, 2018
