"I want to ensure that our City Hall is using every tool at our disposal to protect New Yorkers on our streets and sidewalks. By using Sammy's Law, which allows the city to limit travel speeds on its streets, city officials said they plan on lowering speeds at 2,300 school locations citywide by the end of Mamdani's first term."
"The city's transportation department said a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at 25 mph is more than three times as likely to be seriously injured as one struck at 15 mph. Officials said they will prioritize new slow zones based on safety data."
"Sammy's Law is named after 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who was killed by a driver in 2013 near Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The bill empowered the city to set limits of 20 mph on many streets, 15 mph in school zones and 10 mph on streets redesigned for pedestrian and cyclist safety."
New York City announced plans to reduce speed limits to 15 mph in 800 additional school zones this year under Sammy's Law, a state law enacted in 2024 that empowers the city to set speed limits on its streets. By year's end, 1,300 school zones will have the reduced speed limit, with 500 already established. The city aims to reach 2,300 school locations citywide by the end of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first term. Transportation officials noted that pedestrians struck by vehicles at 25 mph are more than three times as likely to suffer serious injury compared to those struck at 15 mph. New slow zones will be prioritized based on safety data. Sammy's Law, named after a 12-year-old killed by a driver in 2013, allows speed limits of 20 mph on many streets, 15 mph in school zones, and 10 mph on pedestrian-focused streets.
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