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State Legislature

Monday’s Headlines: All Eyes on Carl Heastie Edition

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Speed limits

Friday’s Headlines: ‘Sammy’s Law’ is Going to Happen Edition

Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Julianne Cuba

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City Council Poised to Pass ‘Home Rule’ Message for Sammy’s Law on Thursday

David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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David Meyer

Families for Safe Streets

Wednesday’s Headlines: ‘Sammy’s Law’ Momentum in Albany Edition

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Data: Unreadable Plates Soared Last Year, Foiling Speed and Red-Light Cameras

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State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits

Peter Muennig

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Carnage

OPINION: Use Speed Cameras to Change Drivers’ Behavior

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City Will Rein in Speeding Staten Islanders with Hylan Boulevard ‘Road Diet’

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Adrienne Adams

The Blame Game: City Pols Didn’t Back Bill Allowing NYC to Control its Own Speed Limits, State Lawmakers Say 

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

Eve Kessler

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New App Helps Reckless Drivers Thumb Their Noses at City’s Speed Cameras