Whose vision should lead Vision Zero?
The NYPD and all five District Attorneys oppose a City Council bill to move the Collision Investigation Squad into the Department of Transportation with law enforcement pushing a narrative at a hearing on Wednesday that the bill would decriminalize reckless driving, sources said but a platoon of advocates, experts and the bill’s sponsor will push back, arguing that the agency that oversees the mayor’s Vision Zero initiative must also lead the investigation when it comes up short.
“It’s about basic accountability,” said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, the sponsor of the bill that will get its first hearing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. “The responsibility to lead Vision Zero was given to the DOT commissioner. That person is responsibility to make the street safe for everyone, so that person needs to be coordinating everything.”