In June, we reported that the NY State Assembly seemed poised to pass A9230, a bill to increase the permissible weight of trucks in NYC and reduce fines for overweight trucks (MTR #323). Community organizations and advocacy groups contacted city Assembly Members, all of whom claimed not to have heard of the bill but were appalled at its contents. That outreach seems to have halted it in its tracks.

At the end of June, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told the City DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall that he would not let the bill pass this session. It had been passed by the Senate in four days and spent just two days in the Assembly transportation committee before being recommended to the codes committee. But the bill has remained there for three weeks. 

Albany: Bills Threaten Road Safety - June 25, 2001

Killed by Truck - April 22, 1999

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