State Legislature approves 610 new speed cameras for city streets
The number of cameras catching reckless drivers in the act of dangerously speeding through school zones in New York City is about to increase by nearly five-fold now that the New York State Legislature has voted to approve a bill sponsored by southwest Brooklyn State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Manhattan Assemblymember Deborah Glick.
Both houses of the State Legislature voted Tuesday in favor of the bill to beef up the number of speed cameras on city streets from the current total, 140, to 750.
The legislation also includes the following provisions: