NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2369
SPONSOR: Morinello (MS)
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act relating to authorizing the village of Lewiston to reduce the
speed limit on certain public roadways
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Allows the Village of Lewiston to lower the speed limit to 25 on Center
Street.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Pursuant to section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, this
legislation allows the Village of Lewiston in the Town of Lewiston to
speed limit to 25 MPH on Center street should they establish such speed
limit by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation.
Section 2 is the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation which is at the request of the Village of Lewiston
would lower the speed limit on Center Street. This legislation empowers
home rule to this municipality to lower the speed of this road. Lewiston
has had numerous accidents including automobiles and pedestrians on this
road. Fatalities have occurred as result of the higher speed limit on
Center Street. This road goes through a congested business district that
include six busy crosswalks.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.4477 of 2021-22
A.4661 of 2019-20
A.5258 of 2017-18
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2369
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO, SAYEGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW, MILLER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT relating to authorizing the village of Lewiston to reduce the
speed limit on certain public roadways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Pursuant to section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law,
2 the village of Lewiston in the town of Lewiston in Niagara county is
3 hereby authorized and empowered to lower the speed limit to 25 miles per
4 hour on Center Street, in the village of Lewiston provided the governing
5 body of such village shall establish such speed limit by local law,
6 ordinance, order, rule or regulation.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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