New York state Sen. Jamaal T. Bailey announced this weekend that the MTA’s Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program was put on pause.<\/p>\n
Community members reacted to the news on Tuesday, saying it’s a step in the right direction. <\/p>\n
“We’re just seeing, \u2018Does it fit here?\u2019 and I think that’s an open question to determine whether it fits in this community,” said Bailey. <\/p>\n
The pause comes after Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill sponsored by Bailey and Assemblymember Michael Benedetto to prevent neighbors in Co-op from receiving violations at the hands of the camera systems.<\/p>\n
The ACE program’s goal is to make bus rides faster by issuing tickets to cars double-parked in bus lanes and blocking bus stops.<\/p>\n
Benedetto said many neighbors were complaining about being fined unfairly while shopping at supermarkets or dropping off a loved one at home. <\/p>\n
“It was a compromise and I think a victory for Co-op City going forward,” said the assemblyman. <\/p>\n
Resident Georgianna Rodriguez said her son has received tickets because of the program. The fines start at $50 and can increase to more than $200.<\/p>\n
“It should not be here in Co-Op City,” said Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
The New York City Transit will conduct a study to determine the future of the program in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Bailey told News 12 there is no timeline for when the study will be completed.<\/p>\n
“This is what happens when community voices are heard,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York state Sen. Jamaal T. Bailey announced this weekend that the MTA’s Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) program…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,21946,300,141,1604,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-73216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-bus-lanes","10":"tag-cameras","11":"tag-mta","12":"tag-mta-bus","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-the-bronx","17":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","18":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}