Relates to certain crisis responders using a green light

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick says this is needed

This legislation lawfully extends existing Vehicle and Traffic Law provisions permitting courtesy lights by authorizing trained crisis responders to display a green flashing light when responding to acute mental health or suicide-prevention emergencies involving veterans and first responders. The bill does not grant right-of-way privileges but simply enhances roadway visibility, a measure already recognized by statute as promoting public safety for volunteer emergency personnel. By requiring affiliation with a recognized crisis-response program and approved crisis-intervention training, the act ensures that only quali- fied individuals may use the light, making this a narrowly tailored and legally consistent expansion that supports timely, lifesaving inter- vention.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.