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A01007 Summary:

A01007 Actions:

A01007 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Magnarelli      
DATE:05/10/2022AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Magnarelli
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Miller
Aye
Simon
Aye
Norris
Aye
Hunter
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Williams
Aye
Walczyk
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Frontus
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Darling
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Burgos
Aye
Gallagher
Aye
Mitaynes
Aye
Sillitti
Aye
De Los Santos
Aye
Cunningham
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:05/31/2022AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

A01007 Floor Votes:

A01007 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1007--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 7, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN, DINOWITZ, JACOBSON, WOERNER, THIELE,
          WALCZYK, MORINELLO, BYRNES, GOTTFRIED, McDONOUGH, RA,  SMULLEN,  FAHY,
          STECK,  KELLES, DURSO, McMAHON, FORREST, HEVESI, SIMON, BURDICK, FRON-
          TUS, CRUZ, GLICK, NORRIS, SALKA,  DE  LOS  SANTOS,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on  Trans-
          portation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
          cities,  villages  and  towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five
          miles per hour
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
     2  chapter 412 of the laws 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The  legisla-
     4  tive  body  of  any city or village with respect to highways (which term
     5  for the purposes of this section shall include  private  roads  open  to
     6  public  motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than state
     7  highways maintained by the state on which the department of  transporta-
     8  tion shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statu-
     9  tory  fifty-five  miles  per  hour  speed  limit  as provided in section
    10  sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or  on  which  the  department  of
    11  transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not
    12  establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred
    13  twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section
    14  sixteen  hundred  eighty-four of this title may by local law, ordinance,
    15  order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which  vehi-
    16  cles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of
    17  such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02142-02-2
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     1  or  village  higher  or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum
     2  statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city  or
     3  village  or  within  designated  areas  of such city or village shall be
     4  established  at  less  than  [thirty] twenty-five miles per hour; except
     5  that in the city of Long Beach, in the county of  Nassau,  speed  limits
     6  may  be  established  at  not  less  than  fifteen miles per hour on any
     7  portion of the following highways in such city: Cleveland avenue,  Hard-
     8  ing  avenue,  Mitchell avenue, Belmont avenue, Atlantic avenue, Coolidge
     9  avenue, Wilson avenue and Taft avenue. No such speed limit applicable on
    10  or along designated highways within such city or village shall be estab-
    11  lished at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed
    12  limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a
    13  distance not to exceed one thousand three  hundred  twenty  feet,  on  a
    14  highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting
    15  on  the highway and except that within the cities of Buffalo and Roches-
    16  ter speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen  miles  per
    17  hour  for  any portion of a highway within a city park.  No speed limits
    18  shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this  section  except
    19  in  accordance with the engineering considerations and factors for speed
    20  limits set forth in the manual and specifications for a  uniform  system
    21  of traffic control devices maintained by the commissioner of transporta-
    22  tion  pursuant  to section sixteen hundred eighty of this title, as such
    23  manual and specifications may be amended from time to time, certified by
    24  a licensed professional engineer who specializes in traffic operations.
    25    § 2. Section 1662-a of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by
    26  chapter 405 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    27    §  1662-a. Speed limits in certain towns. The town board of any subur-
    28  ban town governed pursuant to article three-A of the town  law  and  the
    29  town  board  of any other town having a population exceeding fifty thou-
    30  sand, with respect to highways (which term  for  the  purposes  of  this
    31  section  shall  include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf-
    32  fic) in such towns outside any village, other than state highways  main-
    33  tained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have
    34  established  higher  or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five
    35  miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty
    36  of this title, or on which the department of transportation  shall  have
    37  designated  that  such towns shall not establish any maximum speed limit
    38  as provided in  section  sixteen  hundred  twenty-four  of  this  title,
    39  subject  to  the  limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-
    40  four of this title may by local law, ordinance,  order,  rule  or  regu-
    41  lation  establish  maximum  speed  limits  at which vehicles may proceed
    42  within such towns, within designated areas of such towns or on or  along
    43  designated  highways  within  such towns lower than the fifty-five miles
    44  per hour  maximum  statutory  limit.  No  such  speed  limit  applicable
    45  throughout  such towns or within designated areas of such towns shall be
    46  established at less than [thirty] twenty-five  miles  per  hour,  except
    47  that  in  the  town  of Hempstead speed limits may be established at not
    48  less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion  of  a  highway  in  the
    49  community  known  as  Point  Lookout  and  on  all or any portion of the
    50  following highways in the community known as Lido  Beach:  Ocean  Boule-
    51  vard,  Allevard  Street,  Bath Street, Buxton Street, Cheltenham Street,
    52  Pinehurst Street, Harrogate Street,  Matlock  Street,  Nantwick  Street,
    53  Biarritz  Street, Royat Street, Luchon Street, Woodhail Street, Leaming-
    54  ton Street, Saratoga Street, Kensington  Street,  and  Prescott  Street;
    55  provided,  however,  that no such speed limit in such town may be estab-
    56  lished unless a majority of the residents of each such community file  a
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     1  petition  with  the town board of such town requesting such speed limit.
     2  No such speed limit applicable on or along  designated  highways  within
     3  such towns shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour,
     4  except  that  school  speed  limits  may be established at not less than
     5  fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand  three
     6  hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or
     7  exit of a school abutting on the highway, and except further that in the
     8  town  of  Hempstead  speed  limits  may  be established at not less than
     9  fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway  in  the  communities
    10  known  as  Point Lookout and Lido Beach; provided, however, that no such
    11  speed limit in such town may be established unless  a  majority  of  the
    12  residents  of each such community file a petition with the town board of
    13  such town requesting such speed limit. No speed limits shall  be  estab-
    14  lished  pursuant  to the provisions of this section except in accordance
    15  with the engineering considerations and factors  for  speed  limits  set
    16  forth  in  the manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic
    17  control devices maintained by the commissioner of transportation  pursu-
    18  ant  to section sixteen hundred eighty of this title, as such manual and
    19  specifications may be amended from time to time, certified by a licensed
    20  professional engineer who specializes in traffic operations.
    21    § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 1622 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
    22  amended  by  chapter  83  of  the  laws  of  1969, is amended to read as
    23  follows:
    24    2. Establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on  or
    25  along all such highways lying within an area or areas as designated by a
    26  description  of  the  boundaries  of such area or areas submitted by the
    27  county superintendent of highways of a county and the town board of  the
    28  town  or  towns  affected lower than fifty-five miles per hour statutory
    29  maximum speed limit. No such limit shall be  established  at  less  than
    30  [thirty] twenty-five miles per hour.
    31    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.