Authorizes additional traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than one intersection located on the Saw Mill River parkway within the village of Pleasantville, county of Westchester, upon approval from the state department of transportation.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8029A
SPONSOR: Shimsky TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
tion of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices in
certain intersections in the county of Westchester
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the County of Westchester to
implement a red-light camera program on certain intersections of the Saw
Mill River Parkway located in the Village of Pleasantville, so long as
the County reaches an agreement to do so with the Commissioner of the
State Department of Transportation.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law to authorize
Westchester County to operate a red-light camera program at one inter-
section on the Saw Mill River Parkway in the Village of Pleasantville.
Section 2 authorizes Westchester County and the Commissioner of the
Department of Transportation to install signs on the Saw Mill River
Parkway notifying drivers that red-light cameras are installed at
certain intersections of the State-owned road. Additionally, this
section authorizes Westchester County and the Commissioner of the
Department of Education to run a public information campaign before the
red-light cameras are used for fines to prepare drivers for the changes
at these intersections.
Section 3 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Grant Street intersection of the Saw Mill River Parkway, located in
the Village of Pleasantville, has experienced an uptick of drivers
moving through red lights. This uptick has caused at least seventy acci-
dents in the past eleven years, including twenty-seven accidents in
2019. Red-light camera programs have been effective in other jurisdic-
tions in reducing accidents and reckless driving and increasing the
safety of pedestrians. Westchester County seeks the State's permission
to implement a red-light camera system at the Grant Street intersection,
once it has come to an agreement with the Commissioner of the State
Department of Transportation, in order to dissuade drivers of unsafe
driving habits.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amendments to
sections 1111-g and 1803 of the vehicle and traffic law made by sections
one and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such provisions
and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8029--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
tion of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices in
certain intersections in the county of Westchester
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1111-g of the
2 vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 501 of the laws of 2023, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county of Westches-
5 ter is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local law or
6 ordinance establishing a demonstration program imposing monetary liabil-
7 ity on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to
8 comply with traffic-control indications in such county in accordance
9 with the provisions of this section. Such demonstration program shall
10 empower such county to install and operate traffic-control signal photo
11 violation-monitoring devices at no more than fifty intersections within
12 and under the jurisdiction of such county at any one time. Provided
13 that, in addition to the fifty intersections within and under its juris-
14 diction, such county may install and operate traffic-control signal
15 photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than one intersection
16 located on the portion of the Saw Mill River parkway within the village
17 of Pleasantville, county of Westchester, upon approval in writing
18 obtained by such county from the department of transportation, provided
19 that the department of transportation may at any time rescind or modify
20 such approval.
21 § 2. The county of Westchester and commissioner of the New York state
22 department of transportation are hereby authorized and empowered to
23 install signage giving advance notice to motor vehicle operators of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 presence of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices
2 operated pursuant to a demonstration program authorized by article twen-
3 ty-four of the vehicle and traffic law, in conformance with standards
4 established in the manual on uniform traffic control devices maintained
5 by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section sixteen
6 hundred eighty of the vehicle and traffic law. Provided, however, that
7 the county of Westchester shall not place or maintain such signage on
8 the Saw Mill River parkway unless or until approval in writing has been
9 obtained from the New York state department of transportation, and such
10 department of transportation may at any time rescind or modify such
11 approval. The county of Westchester is additionally authorized to
12 design and implement a public information campaign before traffic-con-
13 trol signal photo violation-monitoring devices authorized pursuant to
14 the provisions of paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section eleven
15 hundred eleven-g of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section
16 one of this act, go into operation, to notify and educate motor vehicle
17 operators about such demonstration program.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
19 ments to section 1111-g of the vehicle and traffic law made by section
20 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such provision and shall
21 be deemed repealed therewith.
