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New York, NY (77WABC)-NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced this morning that as part of the city’s Vision Zero initiative NYC will be lowering the speed limits on 45 miles of its major streets where the greatest number of crashes are occurring in the city’s five boroughs. He said the NYPD will also conduct a traffic blitz throughout the week targeting pedestrian and cyclist safety. “This is about safety, this is about protecting lives,” the Mayor said adding, “dangerous driving has no place in NYC.”
A portion of the Mayor’s announcement during his morning briefing is below:
The primary mission of the Mayor’s vision zero initiative is to “protect the public.” Approximately 3,000 New Yorkers are seriously injured and more than 200 are killed each year in traffic crashes. Being struck by a vehicle is the leading cause of injury-related death for children under 14, and the second leading cause for seniors.
Vision Zero operates on the premise that crashes are preventable and can be ended through engineering, enforcement, and education.
DeBlasio also announced that NYC’s seven-day rolling average for Covid19 is at its lowest level in six months. The latest seven-day rolling average stands at 2.01%. The seven-day rolling average has not been that low since Nov. 2nd, 2020.
The Mayor added NYC will be announcing details throughout the week of the incentives being offered to get people vaccinated against Covid19. The vaccine incentives include free tickets to events and venues such as the NYC Aquarium, the NYC Ferry, the Bronx Zoo, Lincoln Center, and The Brooklyn Cyclones to name a few.
Further details will be unveiled throughout the week.
Re-opening are the three public library systems that serve New York City (the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Public Library). The libraries shuttered on March 14, 2020, due to the Covid19 pandemic.
The Mayor reported as of today, 7,048, 270 New Yorkers have received at least one Covid19 vaccination.
