New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 8 - Executive Orders (Andrew M. Cuomo) › Section 8.188 - Executive Order No. 188: Protecting School Children from Speeding Vehicles in School Zones within the City of New York

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, it has been found that the daily rate of
					 violations issued for excessive speeding in school zones at the typical camera
					 declined by over 60 percent, from 104 in the camera"TMs first month to 35 in
					 the camera"TMs most recent month with repeat violators only 19 percent of those
					 ticketed;
WHEREAS, additionally it has been found that crashes and
					 fatalities declined after the speed cameras were installed with total crashes
					 down 15 percent, from 2,870 to 2,442, injury crashes down 17 percent, from
					 2,182 to 1,873, and fatalities reduced by 55 percent, from 18 to 8;
WHEREAS, section 15 of Chapter 189 of the Laws of 2013
					 (Establishing the Speed Camera Program) provided that N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic
					 Law § 1180-b would be statutorily repealed on August 30, 2018 and section
					 12 of Chapter 43 of the Laws of 2014 (expanding the New York City Speed Camera
					 Program) was statutorily repealed on July 25, 2018;
WHEREAS, in June 2018, the New York State Senate adjourned
					 the 2018 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned
					 laws, thus ending a program that has demonstratively and successfully protected
					 school children, families and educators through the use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program results in an imminent
					 disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, next week New York City schools open and will see
					 a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in their zones;
					 and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council are taking
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exists;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby find that a disaster emergency is
					 occurring. Therefore, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the
					 Constitution of the State of New York and Executive Law Section 28, I hereby
					 declare a State Disaster Emergency effective this date within the territorial
					 boundaries of the Counties of New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond;
					 and,
FURTHER, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section
					 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law to temporarily suspend specific
					 provisions of any statute, local law, ordinance, orders, rules or regulations,
					 or parts thereof, of any agency during a State disaster emergency, if
					 compliance with such provisions would prevent, hinder or delay action necessary
					 to cope with the disaster, I hereby temporarily suspend from the date of this
					 Executive Order until further notice, any provision prohibiting the
					 camera-based speed enforcement program for school zones developed pursuant to
					 N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, the following:
A. such portions of section 15 of Chapter 189
				  of the Laws of 2013 that relate to the expiration of such act and the repeal of
				  section 1180-b  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; and
B. such portions of section 12 of Chapter 43
				  of the Laws of 2014 that relate to the expiration and repeal of paragraph 1 of
				  subdivision (a) of section 1180-b  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law; and,
FURTHER, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
					 Constitution and the Laws of the State of New York, do hereby direct the New
					 York State Department of Motor Vehicles to provide support, to the extent
					 authorized by law, to the City of New York in effectuating the purposes of this
					 Executive Order so that this program can take effect before the commencement of
					 the 2018 school year.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: August 27, 2018
Executive Order No. 188.1
Extending the Protection of School Children From
					 Speeding Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until October 26, 2018.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: September 25, 2018
Executive Order No. 188.2
Extending the Protection of School Children From
					 Speeding Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until November 23, 2018.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: October 24, 2018
Executive Order No. 188.3
Extending the Protection of School Children From Speeding
					 Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until December 21, 2018.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: November 21, 2018
Executive Order No. 188.4
Extending the Protection of School Children From
					 Speeding Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until January 20, 2019.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: December 21, 2018
Executive Order No. 188.5
Extending the Protection of School Children From
					 Speeding Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until February 18, 2019.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: January 19, 2019
Executive Order No. 188.6
Extending the Protection of School Children From
					 Speeding Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until March 19, 2019.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: February 17, 2019
Executive Order No. 188.7
Extending the Protection of School Children From
					 Speeding Vehicles in School Zones Within the City of New York.
WHEREAS, in 2013 I signed into law Chapter 189 of the Laws
					 of 2013, codified at N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180-b, to develop a
					 system to advance school zone highway safety by use of camera technology to
					 record and enforce speeding violations;
WHEREAS, in 2014, I signed into law an amendment to the
					 above-referenced law authorizing the deployment of speed cameras in 140 school
					 zones throughout the City of New York;
WHEREAS, the New York State Senate adjourned the 2018
					 legislative session without having acted to extend the aforementioned laws, and
					 has yet to return to act on the same, which, without necessary emergency action
					 taken by the NYC Council, NYC Mayor and the Executive, would have ended a
					 program that has demonstratively and successfully protected school children,
					 families and educators through the use of camera technology to record and
					 enforce speeding violations in school zones;
WHEREAS, it is unacceptable to place school children at
					 risk of serious physical harm and death in the very same places where they are
					 to be educated, cared for, and protected, and that such school children have
					 the right to safely access schools for the purposes of education and
					 enrichment;
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, the New York State
					 Police and the New York State Department of Transportation believe that the
					 termination of New York City"TMs speed camera program would result in an
					 eminent disaster emergency that places at risk the health and safety of school
					 children, parents, educators, school employees and volunteers within the City
					 of New York, as well as other pedestrians, and will result in a needless
					 increase in pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries;
WHEREAS, New York City schools are now open and have thus
					 experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children and pedestrians in
					 their zones; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of New York and City Council have taken
					 actions evidencing the local government"TMs belief that children are in
					 imminent danger and that a public safety emergency exist without this
					 respective program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state of disaster emergency
					 declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 188 and extend all of the terms,
					 conditions, and directives of Executive Order No. 188 for the period from the
					 date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to Executive Order No.
					 188 until April 18, 2019.