"We are calling attention to a public health crisis," Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said. "We have lost in Manhattan this year so far 16 lives to traffic violence.… The level of death and injuries on our streets is unacceptable."wants more speed cameras put in school zones and more red-light cameras at dangerous intersections.
"We need to hold reckless and dangerous drivers accountable for their actions," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said. Seems easy enough, except here's the catch: the city can't expand the program without approval from state lawmakers. That is why Rodriguez is going to Albany to ask for help.Officials held a news conference at the intersection in the East Village where NYU student Raife Milligan was hit and killed by an alleged drunk driver. Right now, speed cameras in school zones only operate on weekdays from 6 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night.
"It's absurd that speed cameras are turned off nights and weekends. Cameras are uniquely effective at enforcing and changing behavior to limit reckless driving," Levine said. "They should be running 24 hours, seven days a week." Safe streets advocates say many traffic injuries and accidents happen overnight. In addition to keeping speed cameras operating in school zones, they want to install more red-light cameras in dangerous intersections. Rodriguez just needs to convince state lawmakers it's the right thing to do in the city.
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