NY Assembly hits the brakes on ‘Sammy’s Law’ to allow 20 mph NYC speed limit
“We are demanding that the Assembly bring the bill to a vote,” Amy Cohen, whose 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein was killed in a 2013 traffic crash, told The Post.of 525 registered voters found 68% of city residents personally support a 20-mile-per-hour limit in their own neighborhoods.
“Sammy’s Law” is named in memory of 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who was killed in a 2013 traffic crashAssemblywoman Linda Rosenthal , who is sponsoring the bill in her chamber, did not respond to a request for comment on Friday regarding the apparent change in fortune for the proposal. Some of them piped up at a Democratic conference meeting held earlier this week about concerns with voter backlash considering some public fatigue with safe street initiatives and the impending congestion pricing plan to charge drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, according to multiple sources.
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