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TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015 • 16 New Law Imposes Tougher Penalties For Hit-And-Runs Bigger Fines For Drivers Fleeing After Accidents by Anthony Giudice Drivers who flee the scene in a hit-and-run accident will now be subject to fines up to $10,000 with the enforcement of the new Justice for Hit-And-Run Victims Act. Also known as Local Law 50, collision.” the Justice for Hit-And-Run Under the new law fines will Victims Act was sponsored by be assessed in increasing City Council Majority Leader amounts in accordance with the Jimmy Van Bramer and severity of the collision. A civil Transportation Committee Chair penalty of up to $500 will be Ydanis Rodriguez. The law imposed if the accident results in passed the city council on Sept. property damage, a $1,000 to 23, 2014, was signed into law on $2,000 fine will be given if a Sept. 30, 2014 by mayor Bill de person is injured in the crash, Blasio and went into effect on $2,000 to $10,000 will be fined Monday, Jan. 5. if there is serious injury and “I was moved to introduce $5,000 to $10,000 in fines will be this bill in response to the death assessed if the victim dies as a of three people who were killed result of the collision. in my district by drivers who fled “If you leave the scene of an the scene,” Van Bramer said. “In accident, not only will you be 2015, civil penalties of up to prosecuted to the fullest extent of $10,000 will be imposed on the law you will also pay fines to irresponsible and callous drivers the city for your callous actions,” who flee the scene of a Rodriguez said. “I am confident these fines will not only decrease potential hit-and-runs but also increase the likelihood accident victims survive.” Transportation advocates and community groups praised the new law and believe the Justice for Hit-And-Run Victims Act will save lives. “The Justice for Hit-And-Run Victims Act will help bring answers and resolution to people affected by this particularly heinous form of traffic violence,” Paul Steely White, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives, said. Representative of Make Queens Safer, Laura Newman, said, “In Queens alone, six Former Gov. Cuomo Dies At 82 faced Cuomo and four other challengers, including Representatives Ed Koch and Bella Abzug. Koch and Cuomo received the most votes in the September primary, but because neither candidate received the requisite number of votes to win the nomination outright, they were forced into a runoff election. Things quickly turned controversial when signs began appearing on Queens Boulevard reading, “Vote for Cuomo, not the homo,” referencing rumors about Koch’s sexuality. Cuomo vehemently denied having anything to do with the signs, but the episode strained the relationship between both men. Koch would go on to win the runoff and, ultimately, the mayoral election; Cuomo continued to the end on the Liberal Party line and finished second in the general election, beating out Republican State Sen. Roy Goodman. Despite the loss, Cuomo—at Carey’s suggestion—was nominated as lieutenant governor for the 1978 election, which he would go on to win. After Carey declined to pursue another term as governor in 1982, Cuomo ran to take his place—and wound up facing then-Mayor Koch in the Democratic primary. The race again proved contentious, but Cuomo won this time by 10 points. The large margin of victory was largely due to disparaging comments about life outside New York City that the outspoken Koch—who went on to serve three terms as mayor—made in an interview with Playboy magazine. In November 1982, Cuomo defeated Republican businessman Lewis Lehrman by a slim margin to become the state’s 52nd governor. He was re-elected with rather comfortable majorities in 1986 and 1990. “Governor Cuomo presented 11 consecutive balanced budgets, reduced taxes and implemented comprehensive governmental ethics and fiscal reforms,” according to a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. “From the time Mario Cuomo took office, New York experienced an increase of hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of thousands of businesses.” Along with wife Matilda and Governor Andrew, Mario Cuomo is survived by children Margaret and Howard Maier; Maria and Kenneth Cole; Madeline and Brian O’Donoghue and Christopher and Cristina Cuomo; and grandchildren Christina Cuomo Perpignano, Marianna Cuomo Maier, Cara Kennedy Cuomo, Mariah Kennedy Cuomo, Michaela Kennedy Ciuomo, Emily Cole, Amanda Cole, Katherine Cole, Samantha O’Donoghue, Kristin O’Donoghue, Tess O’Donoghue, Bella Cuomo, Mario Cuomo and Carolina Regina Cuomo. A wake for the former governor was held on Monday, Jan. 5, at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Manhattan’s St. Ignatius of Loyola Church. 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