New York City Mayor Eric Adams today flipped a ceremonial switch to mark the expansion of the city’s speed camera program that will help keep New Yorkers safe around the clock.
Beginning tonight, the city’s 2,000 speed cameras in 750 school zones citywide will operate 24/7 for the first time. Throughout July, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), and other agencies and offices in the city’s Vision Zero Task Force led a multimedia, multilingual public awareness campaign to inform drivers of the coming change and remind them to drive safely and responsibly. Speed cameras and automated traffic enforcement are proven tools that prevent dangerous behavior and crashes, reducing speeding by 72 percent on average.
“Traffic safety is public safety, and today marks the start of a new chapter for traffic safety in our city,” said Mayor Adams. “This is a promise made and promise kept: Together with Deputy Mayor Joshi, Commissioner Rodriguez, and advocates, we fought to get this done in Albany. We must ensure that everyone can share the street space safely, and 24/7 speed cameras will protect our city and save lives.”
“Speeding kills. With cameras on 24/7, New York City gains an important lifesaving tool against this reality,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi. “On behalf of all road users, I want to extend deep gratitude for all those who fought tirelessly for this important advancement in roadway safety.”
“We know speed cameras save lives, and, starting tonight, we expect to save even more of them,” said DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. “We offer special thanks to the advocates who made today happen, especially Families for Safe Streets, who have turned their pain into purpose.”
The city’s 2,000 automated speed cameras were previously authorized by the state to operate only on weekdays, between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM — missing the 59 percent of traffic fatalities that occurred when the cameras were previously required to be turned off. A state law supported by the Adams administration and signed in June by New York Governor Kathy Hochul now allows the cameras to operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Nearly one-third of on-street traffic fatalities occur in camera zones at times when cameras were previously not permitted to operate.
The expansion of the speed camera program marks another major action of the Adams administration to keep New York City’s streets safe. Already this year, Mayor Adams has made a historic commitment to invest more than $900 million in critical street safety initiatives; laid out a plan to redesign 1,000 intersections across the city to protect pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers; and launched a $4 million campaign targeting speeding and reckless driving.
“The NYPD is committed to driving down fatalities,” said NYPD Chief of Transportation Kim Royster. “Extending the hours of speed cameras in our communities is another layer of enforcement that will hold reckless drivers accountable and protect our most vulnerable road users. We support this technology and will work with our Vision Zero partners to educate the public. The message is clear: Slow down. Everyone should drive safely because traffic safety is public safety.”
Thanks Hochul and the people that voted for the brazen Democrats…
That all they can do can’t protect crime but money they love to get they all crooked
And thanks to our community “leaders” for endorsing these wonderful people. Disgusting
Unfortunately they treat people/human being’s like video/computer games components…
The whole purpose of school zone speed limits are that children should be able to more safely cross the road when their school is on a road which doesn’t have traffic lights near the school. Otherwise this is just another tax on motorists brought to you by the socialist democrats.
Ridiculous that it’s 24/7 just have them running when the kids go in and out of school
Maybe some of the speeders will slow down.
On the one hand these automated systems have been shown to be mismanaged and prone to corruption and kickbacks.
On the other hand if this will get people to SLOW DOWN and be more safe then it could be a good thing.
If you’re annoyed because now you must drive more carefully or risk a ticket, think about that for a bit…
Anyone that thinks this is a good idea simply doesn’t live in reality
I think that all roads in NewYork City should reduce their speed to 5 mph so there won’t be any possibility of any accidents. This should include bicyclist, joggers, pedestrians, scooters, and,of course, ambulances. Just another way tomake the city more unlivable!
Let them call it what it is. The government wants more money and this brings in cash.
In the 70’s.among the pubic service broadcasts
was one about the brakes of your car not in good
working order. It went something like this:
“If a policeman catches you driving your car like
that, you are in trouble! You can be fined, have
your license suspended, car impounded, etc.
And if you don’t get caught, YOU ARE IN WORSE
TROUBLE! Because you are driving on borrowed time.”
Make these cameras police watch and catch the criminals …
we don’t need speed cameras, but speed bumps. but they don’t care on saving lives, only on revenue.
I don’t see what the objections are all about. If you don’t speed, these cameras won’t affect you or your wallet. So just never speed, and you can then ignore the cameras 24/7
And our community leaders couldn’t get after 2 years of covid to reduce cleaning to only 2 days a week.
Boro park Williamsburg all did it many years ago. Just by us after all this years you got to move cars entire week.
Explain me what good they doing for this place ?
Housing ? Clean streets ? With the 4 days cleaning this place is soooooo dirty!!
And you scared to go at night bunch of scary people.