Speed camera agreement for city may be on the way

Looks like Mayor de Blasio could get his speed cameras after all. Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders couldn’t agree on a plan to authorize more cameras for the city and Nassau and Suffolk counties in the state budget that passed Monday — but they say they expect to take up the issue in coming weeks. “We did not get to that in this budget, but we will — and will shortly,” Cuomo said Tuesday. De Blasio has made a proposal for 160 cameras a major piece of Vision Zero, his plan to cut down on pedestrian traffic fatalities. The city currently has only 20 cameras and can’t add more without Albany authorization.

 

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