De Blasio supports Donovan pedestrian safety bill
Brooklyn rep’s legislation would provide money for bollards
Cities across the country would get federal funds to install safety bollards to protect pedestrians in heavily trafficked areas like New York’s Time Square if a bipartisan bill sponsored by a Brooklyn lawmaker wins approval.
U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R-C-Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island) has introduced a bill with U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Upper Manhattan) that would provide federal funding to cities for the installation of safety bollards to help protect pedestrians in high trafficked areas like Times Square in an effort to prevent terrorist attacks such as the deadly incidents that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia and Barcelona, Spain earlier this year.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is supporting the legislation.
“We applaud Congressman Espaillat and Congressman Donovan for their leadership on this critical safety issue. In New York City, our streets and sidewalks are safer because of the changes we have made as part of our Vision Zero program, but we are constantly improving and still have plenty of work left to do,” de Blasio stated.