The General used data from the nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to examine traffic camera laws in New York

Tisch said offenses like aggressive panhandling, unlicensed street vending and public urination give “the impression of an unsafe community.”

The NYS Department of Motor Vehicles is warning drivers about a rise in staged crashes, when scammers intentionally cause a crash to collect on fraudulent insurance claims.

DMV officials sent out a warning about the increase in staged crashes, and told drivers to practice defensive driving to stay clear of insurance fraud schemes

Overall, more than half of all vehicles entering the congestion zone are passenger cars (57%), with an additional third being taxis, or Uber and Lyft rides (36%). Small trucks make up just 4% of the vehicle mix entering the zone, and large trucks are only 0.5%, according to MTA traffic data.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

A 1970s-era federal law requires states to allow right turns on red lights. Mineta Transportation Institute researchers say it’s time to change that.

Case studies have shown the efficacy of traffic cameras. New York City was the first to implement a red light camera program in 1992. In October 2024, the state of New York announced it was expanding its red light camera programs, citing a 73% drop in red light running and related crashes where they were installed.

Speed cameras in NYC are an ongoing controversy. Spread out throughout the city, they are the source of many drivers’ complaints and are viewed by many as a money grab. But a new report released on Thursday shows that lead-foot driving—and road tragedies—have significantly decreased over the past 10 years since cameras were first

About 340 communities throughout the United States have red light cameras, and 278 have speed cameras, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ... shown the efficacy of traffic cameras. New York City was the first to implement a red ...

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivered the annual State of the NYPD address on Thursday, outlining the department's priorities and challenges ahead. The speech was a chance for Tisch to talk about what's working,

So we’ll try to provide a bit of relief by listing the least-expensive vehicles for 2025 in each segment. We use the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) and for the rock-bottom trim level, which doesn’t include dealer fees,