{"id":962,"date":"2011-08-16T23:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2011-08-16T23:00:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T23:00:55","slug":"good-move-guv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"Good Move, Guv!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Cuomo signs Complete Streets legislation!<\/h1>\n

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On Monday, August 15th, 2011 NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the historic Complete Streets legislation. <\/strong>The State Senate and Assembly unanimously passed the bill earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0press release from the Governor’s office<\/a>, he said “New York’s roadways should safely accommodate all pedestrians, motorists and cyclists, and this legislation will help communities across the state achieve this objective,” Governor Cuomo said. “Complete Streets designs recognize measures that will make streets safer for New Yorkers of all ages and abilities. I thank Senator Fuschillo and Assemblyman Gantt for their hard work on this legislation.”<\/p>\n

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NYS Senator Charles Fuschillo said “Complete streets design principles have been proven to reduce fatalities and injuries, and by taking them into consideration on future projects we will greatly improve the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers of all ages and abilities. This new law will result in safer roadways and I thank Governor Cuomo for supporting this law which will help save lives, prevent injuries, and make New York a safer place for all.”<\/p>\n

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Sandy Vega, whose daughter’s tragic death crossing the street led to the bill being dubbed “Brittany’s Law,” said “I’m overjoyed by the knowledge of the impending signing of Complete Streets. I know Brittany is looking over us thinking it’s wonderful that we are helping other families keep their loved ones safe from these busy, congested, dangerous streets. I will sleep a little better knowing that we are moving forward toward making NY a more pedestrian friendly state.”<\/p>\n

–from the Vision LI<\/em> newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Cuomo signs Complete Streets legislation! On Monday, August 15th, 2011 NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the historic Complete Streets legislation. The State Senate and Assembly unanimously passed the bill earlier this summer. In a\u00a0press release from the Governor’s office, he said “New York’s roadways should safely accommodate all pedestrians, motorists and cyclists, and this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}