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NYC legalises jaywalking, ending racial disparities in enforcement
The Guardian
|October 31, 2024
Jaywalking - crossing the road without using a marked crossing or abiding by traffic light signals - is now legal in New York City.
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The legislation passed by the city council last month became law over the weekend after the city's mayor, Eric Adams, declined to take action - either by signing or vetoing it - after 30 days.
Mercedes Narcisse, a Democrat council member in Brooklyn who sponsored the legislation, said the law ends racial disparities in enforcement, noting that more than 90% of the jaywalking tickets issued last year went to black and Latino people.
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