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“We will not only lower speed limits on some of the city’s most crash-prone corridors, we will redouble our efforts to expand the hours when these life-saving speed cameras are in operation,” DOT Commissioner Gutman said.
By Michael V. Cusenza
Speed limits will be reduced on 45 miles of major streets with some the highest rates of crashes across Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
The NYPD will conduct a weeklong pedestrian and cyclist safety enforcement blitz, across all 77 patrol precincts, to crack down on drivers who speed and fail to yield, Hizzoner noted.
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