After learning a lead-footed NYPD cop has racked up a whopping 547 speeding tickets while zooming around the city in a tank-like, two-ton pickup, new Mayor Zohran Mamdani hemmed and hawed about doing anything about it!
Speeding blueblood James Giovansanti, 33, has totaled $36,650.02 in fines, paying some, since 2022, including tearing through red lights and school zones in his 4,800-pound Dodge Ram truck, reports say.
According to The New York Post, his usual routes include heavily peopled areas on Staten Island’s North Shore.
Per the report, it’s unclear how fast the off-duty copper was going, but city speed limits are 25 or 30 mph and he reportedly ripped through 105 red lights in just over three years.
He’s apparently lucky he hasn’t hurt anyone because drivers with two or more moving violations in a year are 40 times more likely to cause a crash where others are injured or killed, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, who represents parts of Brooklyn, has proposed a “Stop Super Speeders Act” to nab “serial speeders” like Giovansanti, the outlet said…