Rory Lancman
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Queens Pols Want a Jamaica Busway — Just Not Where de Blasio Put It
Outer-borough tiff shows how mayor's approach comes up short.
September 2, 2020
Op-Ed: Jewel Avenue is the New Boulevard of Death
Jewel Avenue — like neighboring Queens Boulevard — excels in road injuries and fatalities. DOT should redesign it, stat!
November 13, 2019
Rory Lancman Intros Bill to Undermine NYPD Crash Investigations
Rory Lancman introduced his bill to hinder NYPD crash investigations at a City Council meeting yesterday.
June 11, 2015
Why Does Rory Lancman Want to Save Drivers From “Scofflaw Pedestrians”?
City Council Member Rory Lancman wants to make it more difficult for NYPD to charge drivers who injure and kill people when, in his words, "accidents are caused by poor road conditions, bad weather and scofflaw pedestrians." But if anything, NYPD has been exceedingly cautious in applying the Right of Way Law when there's a chance the victim was not in a crosswalk.
May 20, 2015
Rory Lancman Will Introduce Bill to Hamstring NYPD Crash Investigators
City Council Member Rory Lancman thinks NYPD is playing fast and loose with the Right of Way Law, and he'll soon introduce a bill that would make it more difficult for police to apply it.
May 19, 2015
DOT Scraps Bus Lanes in Kew Gardens Hills for Flushing-Jamaica SBS
This afternoon, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a bill that requires DOT to work with the MTA on a citywide Bus Rapid Transit plan to be updated every two years. The vote came a day after DOT told bus lane opponents in eastern Queens that it will water down a Select Bus Service proposal in their neighborhood.
April 16, 2015
With Traffic Deaths Trending Downward, Lancman Attacks Right of Way Law
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told the City Council today that NYC traffic fatalities have continued to drop in 2015, but not every council member is pleased with the city's recent steps to deter dangerous driving.
March 12, 2015
Rory Lancman Worried NYPD Charging Too Many Drivers for Injuring People
This is pretty rich. In a city where hundreds of people get hurt by drivers who fail to yield each month, City Council Member Rory Lancman is concerned that police are "overapplying" the new Right of Way Law, which has been used all of 20 times since August.
March 2, 2015