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How Much Research Does Marty Golden Need to Say Yes to Speed Cameras?
State Senator Marty Golden, a former police officer and prominent Brooklyn Republican, has joined forces with the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and AAA New York to oppose speed cameras. Now that Golden has succeeded in keeping them out of the state budget, he says he might be open to the idea, after all.
March 27, 2013
Thanks to Marty Golden, Life-Saving Speed Cameras Not in State Budget
Electeds and advocates have until June to push speed camera legislation through Albany, as the proposed NYC demonstration program was not part of this year's state budget deal.
March 21, 2013
Another Case for Speed Cameras: Young Kids Can’t Hear Oncoming Cars
The Wall Street Journal yesterday published the results of a study on how sensitive kids and adults are to the sounds of oncoming vehicles. The findings should be a wake-up call to parents of young children in NYC, where speeding in the vicinity of schools is rampant.
March 19, 2013
Brooklyn Senator Marty Golden Lobbies Against Life-Saving Speed Cameras
State Senator Marty Golden and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association are working to keep life-saving speed enforcement cameras out of NYC.
March 18, 2013
Mirror Law Loopholes Keep City Pedestrians at Risk From Large Trucks
Following queries by Streetsblog, two state senators have pledged to address loopholes in a new state law that permit large trucks to be operated without safety mirrors, thereby endangering pedestrians and cyclists, especially children and the elderly, in New York City neighborhoods.
December 17, 2012
Albany 2012: Lawmakers Strike Out on Safe Streets and Transit
Albany lawmakers had several opportunities during the 2012 session to come through for transit riders, pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. They came up short on every count.
June 26, 2012
State Senate Passes Bill Eliminating Incentive to Leave Scene of Crashes
If you get drunk, get behind the wheel of a car and get into a crash in New York State, you should flee the scene. Not morally, of course, but legally the repercussions will be less severe. A drunk driver who stays at the scene of a crash can be charged with a felony; sober up and take the hit-and-run charge and the worst you'll face is a misdemeanor.
May 24, 2012
Marty Golden: Time for Strict Enforcement on Life-Saving Truck Mirrors
An informal survey conducted by the Daily News suggests that many trucking companies and truck drivers are ignoring the state's four-month-old crossover mirror law, and that police are not enforcing the safety measure.
April 26, 2012
Challenger Attacks Marty Golden and Senate GOP for Anti-Transit Stance
Andrew Cuomo may have handed continued control of the State Senate to the Republican Party by allowing them to draw their own districts, but 2012 is still an election year. With the Senate leadership's latest attack on transit funding, they aren't making it any easier for their New York City candidates to win.
March 16, 2012
As Dedicated MTA Funds Disappear, Cuomo Still Hasn’t Signed Lockbox Bill
Even as Governor Andrew Cuomo moves to put $320 million in dedicated transit funding in a precarious position, he still hasn't acted on transit lockbox legislation which would help protect the dedicated funds that remain.
December 7, 2011