New NYC Council bill pushed by lefties would legalize jaywalkingBy Rich Calder
July 22, 2023
Far-left City Council Democrats are pushing to legalize jaywalking– a move critics ripped as yet another step in the wrong direction for the crime-plagued Big Apple.
Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse, a Democrat representing Canarsie and other parts of southeastern Brooklyn, sponsored legislation last week that would greenlight pedestrians to freely cross streets outside the crosswalk or without obeying traffic signals.
The bill is already being cheered by cop-hating Democratic Socialist Councilwoman Tiffany Caban (D-Queens) and fellow far-lefty Shahana Hanif (D-Brooklyn) who’ve joined on as co-sponsors.
Proponents of the legislation say it’s necessary to end what they believe has long been bias enforcement by cops against blacks and Latinos of a law nearly every New Yorkers breaks.
However, allowing New Yorkers to cavalierly cross wherever — and whenever– they want is in direct conflict with the mass installation of red-light and speed cameras and other traffic-calming measures the city has made the past decade through its Vision Zero initiative to help lower traffic fatalities, critics said.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/walking-dead-lefty-nyc-pols-want-to-legalize-jaywalking/
