NYC Red Light Camera Program Green Lighted Through 2027, To Expand To 600 Intersections

by CrownHeights.info

New York City’s red light cameras, an program that sits at the intersection of safety and inconvenience, has been given the green light by Albany to continue through December of 2027, and expand to 600 intersections citywide.

The news was shared by New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today in response to the passage of legislation in the State Senate and Assembly to renew and expand the city’s red light camera program.

The legislation renews the city’s red light camera program through December 1, 2027, and allows the city to expand the number of intersections where it can operate red light cameras from 150 to 600. 

“The data speaks for itself: where we’ve installed red light cameras, red-light running and related crashes have dropped dramatically,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, “This legislation will renew our red-light camera program and allow us to quadruple the number of intersections equipped with this critical safety tool, helping us fight back against the rise in red-light related tragedies we’ve seen across the city.” 

The red light camera program isn’t foreign to Crown Heights, with multiple such cameras already in place and undoubtably more now on the way.