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Will the State Senate Ethics Committee Investigate Marty Golden’s Placard Abuse?
New Yorkers are circulating a petition calling on Senate ethics committee chair Elaine Phillips to investigate the incident in which Golden reportedly used his placard to impersonate a police officer and bully a cyclist.
December 15, 2017
Marty Golden Weaponized His City-Issued Parking Placard. Will de Blasio Let Him Get Away With It?
Golden has shown himself to be an unrepentant menace behind the windshield. The revocation of his parking placard is the least that should happen to correct his behavior.
December 14, 2017
Marty Golden Would Have Gotten Away With Impersonating a Cop, If It Weren’t for That Meddling Cyclist
Who do you believe: Brian Howald, who has nothing to gain from saying that Golden used his parking placard to impersonate an officer? Or State Senator Marty Golden, who has everything to lose?
December 14, 2017
Marty Golden Fatally Wounded a Senior With His SUV in 2005
Twelve years ago State Senator Marty Golden ran over a 74-year-old woman with his SUV on Brooklyn's Third Avenue, a few miles down the same street where, on Monday night, Golden impersonated a police officer while brandishing his parking placard in an attempt to bully a cyclist out of a bike lane with his chauffeured Cadillac.
December 13, 2017
State Senator Marty Golden, Flashing Parking Placard and Threatening Arrest, Bullies Cyclist Out of His Car’s Way
In Albany, Golden is one of the chief obstructionists of expanding New York City's speed camera program, which is impervious to placard corruption and has flagged the same car he was riding in last night for several violations over the past few years.
December 12, 2017
Drivers Out of Control Near Your Local School? Thank Simcha Felder and Senate Republicans
The streets around NYC schools would be safer this year if not for State Senate Republicans and Simcha Felder, who rejected legislation to double the number of school zones where Albany allows the city to place speed enforcement cameras.
September 7, 2017
It’s Time for the State Senate to Step Up and Protect New Yorkers From Speeding Drivers
With this year's legislative session drawing to a close, Families for Safe Streets and Transportation Alternatives will hold a rally on Friday calling on Albany to allow NYC to place more speed enforcement cameras around schools.
June 8, 2017
Families for Safe Streets Tells Albany How More Speed Cameras Will Save Lives in NYC
Members of Families for Safe Streets and city officials trekked up to Albany yesterday to make the case for expanding New York City's automated speed enforcement program.
May 16, 2017
Speed Cameras Get Traction in Albany, But Marty Golden Promises to Obstruct
Members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany today to talk to state legislators about expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program. After legislative leaders failed to advance a similar bill last year, this session it appears to have more traction.
May 15, 2017
Cuomo Signs Bill Allowing NYC to Expand Bus Lane Camera Program
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Saturday that will speed up bus trips by expanding the number of bus lanes where the city can deploy camera enforcement. The law now enables New York City to use cameras to keep car drivers out of exclusive bus lanes on up to 16 routes, an increase from just six today.
September 21, 2015