Thursday, May 28, 2009

SHOULD NYS TREAT BAD DRIVING DIFFERENTLY IF YOU ARE IN YONKERS THAN GREENBURGH? ...MENTORS WANTED FOR FOSTER CARE...TOWN BD APPROVES PARKING ENFORCEMT

In April of this year the New York State Legislature approved red light cameras to be installed at intersections in Yonkers, Nassau & Suffolk Counties. Cars that run red lights will receive tickets if caught on camera. Unfortunately, this new law only applies to a handful of communities in the state.
There is no reason why the state should be limiting these cameras to only a few cities in New York State. Poor motorist behavior in Greenburgh, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon or Bedford should be treated no differently than bad driving in Yonkers, NYC, Nassau & Suffolk Counties (cities that can install red light cameras).
Every locality in New York State should be granted permission to install these red light safety cameras. Safety is important all over! Running red lights has caused 850 deaths and thousands of injuries each year. If red light cameras save one life it is worth it.
I urge the New York State Legislature to adopt a law that will treat every locality in New York State the same when it comes down to public safety.

At Wednesday nights new resident reception (held at the Greenburgh Library) about a dozen residents stopped by at the Abbott House table and expressed interest in becoming mentors to foster care children. Town Clerk Judith Beville, Town Councilwoman Sonja Brown, Town Attorney Tim Lewis and I have also expressed a desire to serve as foster care mentors. The requirement: only 2 hours a week of mentoring to a child. These two hours could make a world of a difference to a young person. If you are interested in signing up please contact Jack Toone, mentor and volunteer coordinator at jtoone@abbotthouse.net or call 591 7300 x 3090. Town Clerk Judith Beville's parents took in about a 100 foster care children during their lives.

The Town Board approved a new law that will enable the Chief of Police to impound vehicles against which three or more parking summonses have been issued but not paid. A significant number of owners are persistent violators. Some have out of state registration of vehicles, transfer ownership and re-register vehicles and are able to evade existing enforcement measures. This new law will enable the police to enforce parking orders in the case of vehicle owenrs who fail to timely respond to summonses issued for violations. The police indicated that they will use this law against the more significant violators.
PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

get the cops out of the parking lots so they can do their jobs

Peter Zenger said...

I notice you deleted an earlier comment - while it may not have been phrased diplomatically, it did raise a legitimate issue:
Until you have implemented the State Auditors' recommendations for internal controls over the various entities, including the Courts, which receive money - and can account for where the money came from and where it went, adding an additional layer of complexity makes it more difficult and less likely the Town will ever straighten out its tangled books.
Stop adding to the problem and begin the necessary, if painful, step to SOLVE it.
For once, it might be better to get it right than to be first.

Anonymous said...

"There is no reason why the state should be limiting these cameras ..."

Yes, actually, there is a reason. Do your homework before ranting.

Anonymous said...

Greenburgh is just a small stretch of land that is the road taken by many to get out of shopping in local stores to spend their money in Yonkers and White Plains.

There is a police car stationed on Central Ave everyday who monitors the traffic offenders.
We pay good money for this officer to do this so why should we get cameras.
By the way the driver of the vehicle that is caught on camera does not receive the citation the vehicle does, because the camera does not see who is driving the vehicle.
Where as the police who is monitoring traffic gives the citatation to the driver.
Your ahead of the game without the cameras.
By the way how much more money do you need ,
Greed will get you in trouble.

Anonymous said...

How many police personel do we have sitting at a desk for their whole tour??
Take the away from a desk and put them out to direct traffic as we had many years ago,
We pay them enough money to be just police officers and not clerks.
All the modern technology that the chief and the supervisor want to be used here in Greenburgh is of no use and above all costing us money.

Anonymous said...

You cannot catch crooks with this type of a camera.

Anonymous said...

" If red light cameras save one life it is worth it. "

This is the logic of a the nanny-state. Perhaps the Greenburgh Board has quantified the value of each life to be saved and considers "saving one life" measures in relation to the resulting budget increases.

Anonymous said...

The red light cameras will only do one thing that is more money for the court to have fun with.
Check the city to see how many of the cameras that are all arround saved lives.
They do bring in plenty of revenue.

Anonymous said...

This would be a huge undertaking. Town management needs to focus more on its current everyday responsibilities, many of which are being neglected, before taking on something new.

Anonymous said...

WHY DOESNT HARTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPOND TO EMS CALLS.

ONCE AGAIN HARTSDALE GETS THE SHAFT.

ITS TIME THAT WE HAVE CHANGE!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

How about a camera instead at TDYCC to see who is actully showing up for work?

Anonymous said...

Did you ever stop to think if you had competent personnel in the PD and above all the court you would not need an outside company to become partners with you.
Very poor management.