"Mayor Mamdani's Department of Transportation is seeing red. DOT on Friday announced plans to finally expand the number of locations in the city with red light cameras from 150 to 600 - more than a year after Gov. Hochul signed state legislation enabling the agency to so. Gothamist, amNY and PIX11 all covered the news, but no one really asked why the Adams administration had never taken advantage of the state-granted power."
"DOT lobbied Albany to get the sorely needed expansion passed back in 2024, and Gov. Hochul signed the law in October of that year. So why did it take so long for the new cameras to come online? An agency rep said officials have been "hard at work" setting up a new automated enforcement contract and "updating" the hardware at existing red-light camera locations, since the program launched three decades ago,"
New York City will expand red light camera locations from 150 to 600 following state legislation enabling the increase. The Department of Transportation will activate 50 new camera locations per week for five weeks, with remaining sites coming online by year-end. DOT lobbied Albany for the expansion in 2024 and noted that officials were completing a new automated enforcement contract, updating hardware at three-decade-old sites, and installing cameras at new locations. City officials rejected suggestions that the prior Adams administration slow-walked the program. Additional local updates include Governor Hochul's proposal to lower car insurance payouts, strong cyclist support for Mayor Mamdani, and traffic-related incidents on Long Island and in the West Village.
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