Golden was one of the first to acknowledge the need for speed cameras. He strongly advocated that the cameras be placed on streets near schools in order to help catch drivers racing through slow speed zones where children were present.

Recently, Golden was the target of protests because he appeared to backtrack on his original endorsement. Although repeatedly stating his support of the idea of keeping the cameras working, political rivals and members of organizations like Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets said that Golden was not doing enough.

Because of what opponents felt was lack of support for safety issues, Golden, along with Senators Simcha Felder (D-Borough Park-Midwood) and Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) were blamed for failing to continue to fight for the street cameras.

After meeting with transportation safety advocates in May, Golden announced that he would back the legislation to install more cameras.

With the State Senate failing to vote to approve the use of the cameras the fear is that they would be turned off by the deadline date of July 25.

A vote on the bill has not yet been scheduled. If it passes both the Senate and Assembly and is signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the new law would expire on July 1, 2022.

“Senator Golden believes that anything short of a vote by the Senate before July 25th‬, to support the continuation and expansion of speed cameras throughout New York City, would be an unacceptable failure for the people of New York,” Quaglione added.