NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8328

Senate Bill S8328

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the authority of the city of New York to install and operate traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices

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2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1111-a, V & T L; amd §19-210, NYC Ad Cd; amd §17, Chap 746 of 1988; amd §2, NYC, LL 46 of 1989
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S2812

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices that may be installed in New York city to one thousand three hundred twenty-five intersections; extends certain provisions authorizing photo-monitoring devices until December 1, 2029.

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8328

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the number of inter-
sections where traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems
may be installed and operated; to amend chapter 746 of the laws of 1988,
amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general municipal law and the
public officers law relating to the civil liability of vehicle owners
for traffic control signal violations, in relation to extending the
effectiveness thereof; and to amend local law number 46 of the city of
New York for the year 1989, amending the administrative code of the city
of New York relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic
control signal violations, in relation to extending the effectiveness
thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To renew and expand New York City's red light camera program

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends subdivision (a) of section 1111-a of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law to expand the number of authorized intersections
for New York City red light cameras from 150 to 1,325.

Section two makes conforming amendments to the New York City Administra-
tive Code.

Sections three and four set the effective date and provide that the
authorization for this program shall expire on December 1st, 2029.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York City's first-in-the-nation red light camera program, launched
in 1994, has been extended by the state legislature eight times, most
recently in the FY20 Enacted Budget (Section 10 of Part TT of Chapter 58
of 2019). Despite the overwhelming margins of support by which this
program is regularly extended, it has yet to expand in scope and remains
active at only 150 intersections across the City of New York. This
leaves the vast majority of New York City intersections, which number
13,250, without any guarantee that drivers are complying with red light
camera signals beyond piecemeal stops by police officers.

The intersections which do enjoy automated camera enforcement have seen
a 58% decline in the number of severe injuries from collisions compared
to three years prior to the camera's installation, according to a 2021
report from the NYC Department of Transportation, as drivers become
aware of the cameras and learn to obey them or risk a $50 fine. Further-
more, a 2020 Siena College Research Institute Poll found that 85% of NYC
voters, including 84% who own cars, were supportive of the program and
willing to expand its reach.

This bill would increase the NYC red light camera program more than
eightfold, to expand the number of authorized intersections from 150 to
1,325. This commonsense reform would allow the cameras to be placed at
10% of city intersections, helping to arrest a worsening trend of traf-
fic violence in what is the deadliest year for street safety since the
launch of then-Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative in 2013.
Expanding these lifesaving intersection cameras will greatly enhance
safety for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians while reducing the
number of unnecessary stops by individual police officers. It will
provide some peace of mind to low-income families across the City who
live disproportionately near wide, speedway-like arterials that generate
a high number of traffic infractions and receive no red light camera
protection at all. The expansion of NYC's red light camera program will
help to ensure a safer and more equitable streetscape for all road users
by reducing fatalities and injuries in all corners.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8328
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
   of the city of New York, in  relation  to  increasing  the  number  of
   intersections  where traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
   systems may be installed and operated; to amend  chapter  746  of  the
   laws of 1988, amending the vehicle and traffic law, the general munic-
   ipal  law  and the public officers law relating to the civil liability
   of vehicle owners for traffic control signal violations,  in  relation
   to  extending the effectiveness thereof; and to amend local law number
   46 of the city of New York for the year 1989, amending the administra-
   tive code of the city of New York relating to civil liability of vehi-
   cle owners for traffic  control  signal  violations,  in  relation  to
   extending the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of  section  1111-a  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2009,
 is amended to read as follows:
   1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each city with a  popu-
 lation  of  one  million  or  more is hereby authorized and empowered to
 adopt and amend a local law or ordinance  establishing  a  demonstration
 program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
 ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
 such city in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such demon-
 stration program shall empower a city to install  and  operate  traffic-
 control  signal  photo  violation-monitoring devices at no more than one
 THOUSAND THREE hundred [fifty]  TWENTY-FIVE  intersections  within  such
 city at any one time.
   §  2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 19-210 of the adminis-
 trative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter  18  of  the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the parking violations
 bureau is hereby authorized and empowered to establish  a  demonstration
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13832-05-2
 S. 8328                             2
 
 program  imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
 ure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in
 accordance with the provisions of this section. The department of trans-
 portation,  for  purposes  of  implementation  of such program, shall be
 authorized to install and operate traffic-control  signal  photo  viola-
 tion-monitoring  devices  at  no  more  than  one THOUSAND THREE hundred
 [fifty] TWENTY-FIVE intersections at any one time.
   § 3. Section 17 of chapter 746 of the laws of 1988, amending the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, the general municipal law, and the public  officers
 law  relating  to  the  civil  liability  of  vehicle owners for traffic
 control signal violations, as amended by section 5 of part TT of chapter
 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 17. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have become a law and shall remain in full force and effect until Decem-
 ber  1,  [2024]  2029  when upon such date the amendments and provisions
 made by this act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however,  any  such
 local  laws  as may be enacted pursuant to this act shall remain in full
 force and effect only until the expiration on December 1, [2024] 2029.
   § 4. Section 2 of local law number 46 of the city of New York for  the
 year  1989  amending  the  administrative  code  of the city of New York
 relating to civil liability of vehicle owners for traffic control signal
 violations, as amended by section 6 of part TT of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall expire  on
 December 1, [2024] 2029.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
 one and two of this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day  after  it
 shall  have  become a law; provided further however, that the amendments
 to section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law made by section one  of
 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
 to  be repealed therewith; and provided, further, that the amendments to
 section 19-210 of the administrative code of the city of New  York  made
 by  section  two  of  this  act  shall not affect the expiration of such
 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith. Effective  immediately,
 any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on
 its  effective  date  shall  be  promulgated on or before such effective
 date.

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Sponsored By

Andrew Gounardes

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Liz Krueger

Zellnor Myrie

Roxanne J. Persaud

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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