Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine’s city-issued automotive has racked up dozens of violations — together with a handful that may run afoul of a measure he’s pushing for in Albany to discourage rushing.
In a one yr interval from 2023 to 2024, the beep’s automotive racked up six rushing in class zone violations, per knowledge from How’s My Driving — a stat meaning his car could possibly be required to have clever pace help expertise put in below a invoice he’s advocated for that may crack down on “super speeders.”
“Reckless drivers are killing New Yorkers,” Levine wrote on social media in April. “… This legislation would mandate speed limiter technology for the most dangerous drivers on our streets. Albany must act now!”
A spokesperson for Levine blamed the beep’s drivers, saying that the rushing violations have been performed on their commutes, when Levine wasn’t within the automotive. A side-by-side comparability revealed most of the after-hours violations occurred, for instance in Brooklyn at occasions when the place Levine is marked down as being in Manhattan or on the workplace.
“The Borough President is committed to traffic safety, which is why he supports laws like the Stop Super Speeder bill and efforts to crack down on ghost plates, and advocated for the passage of Sammy’s Law, among other priorities,” a spokesperson for Levine mentioned.
“In fact, he has already requested a speed limiter for the MBPO vehicle, so that staff cannot continue this pattern of behavior.”
The regulation to crack down on drivers with essentially the most violations would require a speed-limiting gadget to be put in within the automobiles of motorists with six or extra camera-issued rushing tickets in 12 months.
The beep’s city-issued automotive has racked up a complete of 28 violations since he began within the publish in 2022, together with 10 for rushing in class zones. Manhattan accounted for simply 16 of these whole violations, with Brooklyn seeing 10 violations and Queens and the Bronx recording one every.
In an interview with the New York Editorial Board final week, Levine, mentioned he prefers to take the subway and mentioned he has “rarely left the island for the most part” throughout his tenure.
“It’s more fun and usually faster,” he mentioned of the subway. “But there’s times where there’s just no way to make the schedule work and in those cases it’s helpful to have that option.”
Levine is operating for Metropolis Comptroller in opposition to present Councilmember Justin Brannan. Sitting Comptroller Brad Lander is operating for mayor.
The “Super Speeder” invoice superior in a state Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday.
