Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of White Plains

Latest action Oct 27, 2025

Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of White Plains; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A8166, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

Committee

Transportation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Transportation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section one amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law to authorize the City of White Plains to impose monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle using a speed violation monitoring system for not obeying the posted speed limit in a school zone. The city is authorized to operate speed cameras in up to three school speed zones and may use them on a school day, during, one hour before, and one hour after school hours, and during, thirty minutes before and thirty minutes after a period of student activities. Speed data, crash history and roadway geometry must all be considered by the city when determining where to install and operate the devices. This section also sets the conditions that a speed violation monitoring system must satisfy each day before it is used and annual calibration requirements. Finally, section one requires that the City of White Plains prepare a yearly report for the legislature and the executive on the pilot program for the duration of the program. Section two amends the Public Officers Law to allow photographs, micro- photographs, videotape or other recorded images captured by the speed violation monitoring system authorized by the Vehicle and Traffic Law to be exempt from Freedom of Information Law requests. Section three requires that the purchase or lease of equipment by the City of White Plains to carry out this program must be subject to the provisions of section 103 of the general municipal law. Section four sets the effective date.

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Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 11, 2025Result: passed
(57) (2) (0) (4)
Vote: Committee vote · Transportation
Senate TransportationMay 13, 2025Result: passed
(12) (1) (0) (0)

The sponsor's argument

Why Shelley Mayer says this is needed

Speeding endangers every community in New York. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding drivers are at a higher risk for loss of control of their vehicle, reduce the effec- tiveness of occupant protection equipment, require an increased stopping distance after the driver perceives a danger, and increase the likeli- hood of a crash being severe. Consequently, driving above the posted speed limit is a factor in 29% of traffic related fatalities nationwide. This danger is magnified in school zones where large numbers of students are arriving by bus or on foot and are often outside during the school day. To mitigate this danger, New York City implemented the State's first speed camera pilot program. The program has been an overwhelming success. On average, speeding decreased 73% in school zones that had speed cameras added and some areas saw reductions of 90%. Cameras have also proven to be effective at preventing repeat offenses: 46% of driv- ers who received a ticket from these cameras did not receive a second and an additional 19% of drivers did not receive more than two between 2019 and 2021. New York City's program has demonstrated that speed camera programs make streets safer. The City of White Plains has requested legislative permission to enact a school speed zone camera program to help make their school zones safer for students and the surrounding communities. This legislation would authorize the city to implement a speed camera program until 2030 to test the efficacy within the city's school zones.

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.

Full history

Oct 27, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.485
NY Senate
Oct 24, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Senate
Jun 16, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.821
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.821
NY Assembly
Jun 16, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jun 16, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly

Show full history (13 earlier events)

Jun 16, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A8166A
NY Assembly
Jun 13, 2025
Reference Changed to Ways and Means
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 11, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Home Rule Request
HOME RULE REQUEST
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
May 15, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 14, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 14, 2025
Amended
AMENDED 7678A
NY Senate
May 13, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1077
1ST REPORT CAL.1077
NY Senate
May 13, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Transportation
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
May 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
Apr 29, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Senate

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