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New YorkA 82272025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Peekskill

Sponsored By: Dana Levenberg (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.

Peekskill faces camera purchasing and reporting rules

Peekskill must follow New York municipal purchasing rules when buying or leasing equipment for its signal-camera program. It must report to the Governor and state legislative leaders by June 1 after its first operating year and annually thereafter. Reports must identify camera locations and compare crash counts, types, and severity before and during camera use. The comparison covers three years before installation, using department-held data where available, and each reporting year. Reports must include intersection-level events and violations, daily, weekly, and monthly totals, and notices issued. They must also show fines imposed, fines paid after the first notice, and the number, percentage, and outcomes of contested cases. Peekskill must report yearly revenue since deployment, program expenses, and assessments of hearing quality and results. The program authority ends December 1, 2030.

Peekskill owners face fines with protections

The law lets Peekskill adopt a local law allowing signal-enforcement cameras at up to nine intersections at once. Vehicle owners face locally set fines of up to $50 per recorded violation. The city can add up to $25 for failing to respond on time. Liability is civil, not criminal, and cannot affect driving records or motor vehicle insurance. Notices arrive by first-class mail and must identify the owner, vehicle, violation location, date, time, and camera. They must explain how to contest liability and warn that not contesting means admitting liability and risks a default judgment. Cases go through an authorized local traffic bureau, court, or parking tribunal under its applicable procedures. Owners have defenses for malfunctioning signals, theft reported to police before the violation while the vehicle remained unrecovered, or use without consent. Owner consent is presumed, but owners can challenge that presumption; a certified police report or copy supports the theft defense. A vehicle lessor can avoid liability by providing the lessee’s name, address, and original contract information within 37 days after receiving notice. The lessee then receives the notice and is treated as the owner. Owners held liable can seek repayment from the actual driver, whose separate traffic-law liability remains unchanged. The act takes effect 30 days after enactment, with immediate authority to prepare implementing rules. The program authority and local laws adopted under it end December 1, 2030.

Peekskill camera privacy limits public access

Peekskill must use technology that avoids identifying drivers, passengers, or vehicle contents as far as practical. An image revealing vehicle contents does not automatically invalidate a notice when the city made reasonable efforts to comply. Photos, videos, and other images made under this camera law are exempt from disclosure under New York’s public-records law. This protects image privacy but limits access for people seeking the recordings. The exemption ends December 1, 2030.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dana Levenberg

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 188 • No: 18

Senate vote • 6/11/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 58 • No: 1

House vote • 6/10/2025

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 130 • No: 17

Actions Timeline

  1. SIGNED CHAP.481

    10/27/2025House

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    10/24/2025House

  3. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/11/2025Senate

  4. PASSED SENATE

    6/11/2025Senate

  5. HOME RULE REQUEST

    6/11/2025Senate

  6. 3RD READING CAL.1831

    6/11/2025Senate

  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR S7500A

    6/11/2025Senate

  8. REFERRED TO RULES

    6/10/2025Senate

  9. DELIVERED TO SENATE

    6/10/2025House

  10. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/10/2025House

  11. HOME RULE REQUEST

    6/10/2025House

  12. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.584

    6/10/2025House

  13. RULES REPORT CAL.584

    6/10/2025House

  14. REPORTED

    6/10/2025House

  15. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    6/9/2025House

  16. REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    6/8/2025House

  17. PRINT NUMBER 8227A

    5/21/2025House

  18. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

    5/21/2025House

  19. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    5/5/2025House

Bill Text

  • Amendment A

    5/21/2025

    PDF

  • Original

    5/5/2025

    PDF

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