State lawmakers are set to include Sammy’s Law in the forthcoming state budget, allowing New York City to lower its speed limit to 20 miles per hour, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Thursday.
Hochul confirmed during an unrelated news conference in Manhattan Thursday afternoon that the measure would make it into the budget, which has still not been finalized nearly three weeks after it was due.
In her remarks, Hochul noted that she is not keen on the fact that local speed limits, in New York City and elsewhere, are up to Albany rather than the localities themselves.
“It should be up to localities. So we’re trying to shift the culture in many ways,” said Hochul. “And that’s one small way where I feel it’s a success for the localities to be empowered to do what they think is right for their constituents.”
