The Two Ways ‘Sammy’s Law’ Could Change Your Local Speed Limits
By Jose Martinez When Albany lawmakers last month passed “Sammy’s Law” — allowing the city to lower the speed limit to 20 mph on some roads — safe-streets advocates celebrated a victory that was years in the making. Named for 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who was fatally struck by a van in October 2012 while retrieving a […]