New York City is set to lower speed limits near schools as part of a sweeping safety initiative aimed at reducing injuries and deaths on local streets.
Under a new plan announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn, speed limits in school zones will be reduced to 15 miles per hour at more than 2,000 locations across the five boroughs. The rollout, already underway, is expected to reach all eligible school zones by the end of Mamdani’s first term, including public, private, parochial and charter K-12 schools.
The initiative builds on Sammy’s Law, named for a 12-year-old boy killed by a speeding driver in Brooklyn in 2013, and has become a central piece of the city’s effort to curb traffic fatalities…