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NEW YORK (PIX11)—With Sammy’s Law moving forward, New York City could lower speed limits to 20 miles per hour, which advocates say could make a huge, life-saving difference. Sammy’s Law, which Gov. Kathy Hochul secured in the FY2025 state budget this week, is named after Sammy Cohen Eckstein, a 12-year-old who was fatally struck by […]
The speed limit in New York will drop from the current 25 to 20 mph. The move will affect most streets in five boroughs under the Sammy's Law
The data on traffic fatalities and injuries doesn’t account for their needs or even count them. Better data would enable better solutions.
With the Democratic primary only four weeks away, the Baltimore mayoral race remains tight.
The law, inspired a 12-year-old boy killed by a speeding driver in Brooklyn, has already gotten a mass majority in the State Senate.