New York City advocates and local legislators gathered at city hall on Wednesday with a message aimed at the state Assembly: Let New York City lower its own speed limits.
“The best time to have passed Sammy’s law would’ve been 10 years ago today, when maybe it would’ve saved his life that coming fall. The second best is right now,” said City Comptroller Brad Lander at a rally outside City Hall organized by Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.Photo by Max Parrott
When the State Legislature authorized lower speed limits in the city in 2014, pedestrian deaths dropped by 36 percent. “Let’s be real. There are plenty of policy matters in this budget,” Lind said. “If they don’t put this in the budget I want them next time a child dies on our streets to think about their responsibility there.”
Many of the parents in Families for Safe Streets got involved after a child or member of the family were killed by reckless drivers. For them, Sammy’s Law is both part of a grieving process as well as the greater push to prevent future traffic deaths.
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