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Wasn’t me! Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s car triggers speed camera 12 times – blames staffers

By
Zach Williams
Published June 9, 2023
Updated June 9, 2023, 2:51 p.m. ET

ALBANY – Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) might have a dozen reasons to oppose legislation to allow New York City to set lower speed limits.

A state vehicle assigned to the Albany powerbroker was caught speeding through a Bronx school zone as recently as April 30, according to NYC OpenData.

The “NYA 1” license plate is tied to 11 other speed violations – four of them last year – as well as a failure to stop at a red light going back to 2017.

Revelations about his growing traffic rap sheet come in the final week of the 2023 legislation when Heastie has not called a floor vote on “Sammy’s Law,” which would allow New York City to set a 20-mile-per-hour speed limit on some streets.

Advocates say the law is critical for saving lives considering the significantly higher fatality rates associated with even going 5 miles above that prospective limit.

“We are demanding that the Assembly bring the bill to a vote,” shouted Amy Cohen, whose 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein was killed in a 2013 traffic crash, told The Post on June 2.

“It’s outrageous.”

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a suit walking through a doorway in the state Capitol while looking to side
A state vehicle assigned to Heastie has racked up five speeding tickets since last April, including one just weeks ago. Hans Pennink

The proposal has stalled in the Assembly despite passing the state Senate this week.

Some Assembly Democrats – particularly those from the Outer Boroughs – have raised concerns about passing “Sammy’s Law” considering ongoing blowback to traffic safety initiatives from their constituents along with outrage over impending congestion pricing to charge drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street, sources previously told The Post.

Transportation Chair Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) claimed the bill might have had better chances had the New York City Council delivered a formal request for the bill earlier in the year – a charge that a Council spokesperson vehemently disputed considering the flurry of last-minute bills passing the chamber.

Amy Cohen with a somber look on her face holding a photo of Sammy while standing in NY City Hall
Traffic safety activist Amy Cohen has expressed outrage over the Assembly refusing to vote on the bill named after her deceased son Sammy. Natan Dvir

Speeding appears to be a way of life for the lower chamber considering City records showing at least 125 traffic violations, overwhelmingly for speeding, by vehicles with Assembly-affiliated license plates.

Exactly who was assigned those vehicles remained unclear as of publication time as are photographs from speed cameras.

Heastie threw unnamed staff under the bus in 2019 when Streetsblog raised questions about seven tickets going back to 2016.

“While the Speaker was not the driver of this vehicle, he is very disappointed and has spoken to the staff members who were operating the vehicle,” Heastie spokesman Mike Whyland said at the time.

“He reminded them that reason we passed the speed-camera legislation was to ensure the safety of students and the public, and that these violations are unacceptable.”

Whyland did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.