New York City’s school zone speed camera program received overwhelming legislative support, but a minority of politicians voted against it. Notably, GOP members from NYC expressed questionable justifications for their opposition, such as NYPD officer Stephen Chan's confusing stance against slowing down vehicles. The Assembly passed the bill with a strong 110-31 majority, but some city lawmakers, despite advocating for safety, voted against it, highlighting an ongoing debate about the necessity and effectiveness of speed cameras in protecting children.
Their reasoning is bizarre: Chan bragged to Streetsblog that he made more than 5,000 traffic stops in his career as an NYPD cop. In a floor debate on a different bill, he gave a confusing speech that concluded that "slowing down the vehicle is not the answer."
Most famously, Novakhov attended the funeral for a mother and two daughters who were killed by a recidivist speeder in his district, and told Streetsblog that there are "too many" speed cameras and that it's normal to race around the kids.
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