GOP lawmakers like Cuomo’s ‘three strikes, you’re out’ DWI crackdown
As they were listening to Governor Andrew Cuomo deliver his State of the State Address in Albany on Wednesday, two Brooklyn Republicans were startled when they heard something familiar in the speech.
A proposal Cuomo made in his speech for a crackdown on drunk drivers made state Sen. Marty Golden and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis smile in their seats. The governor’s “three strikes, you’re out” idea is the same proposal the two lawmakers put forth two years ago, Malliotakis said.
Under the governor’s proposal, a motorist would be stripped of his or her driver’s license forever on a third DWI offense.
Back in 2012, both Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern Brooklyn) and Malliotakis introduced bills in their respective legislative houses calling for a “three strikes, you’re out” law enforcement strategy.