'Sammy's Law,' a bill which would allow New York City to dictate speed limits on city streets, was not brought to a vote before this year's legislative session ended.
The New York State Assembly has wrapped up the 2023 session without voting on 'Sammy's Law,' a bill that would allow New York City to set its own speed limits without first getting approval from Albany.The New York State Assembly wrapped up its 2023 session without voting on ‘Sammy’s Law,' a bill allowing New York City to dictate speed limits on city streets, to the outrage of pedestrian safety advocates.
Sammy's mother, Amy Cohen, along with the organization "Families for Safe Streets" had been holding a hunger strike in Albany in the hopes of convincing Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, but the law never came to the floor for a vote.
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