New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 16, 2019

CONTACT: Madison Forker, 202-580-7930

A new bill in New York would require all backseat passengers to wear seat belts. This story uses GHSA's information on state laws to contextualize this move.

All back seat passengers in New York may have to wear seat belts

February 21, 2019

Like many states in recent years, New York is considering legalizing recreational marijuana. This opinion column weighs the potential traffic safety implications of legalization, citing GHSA's guide to this issue.

Foss: What are the downsides of legalizing pot?

Story by Sara Foss
January 7, 2019

The New York Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) used grant funding from GHSA and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) to host a two-day DUID and Oral Fluid Workshop.

To better recognize, assess and arrest drug-impaired drivers, New York trained an additional nine law enforcement officers as Drug Recognition Experts. GHSA Board Member and New York Governor's Traffic Safety Committee Assistant Commissioner Chuck DeWeese discusses.

NY drug recognition officers graduate

Story by Morgan McKay
October 26, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2018

Contact: Madison Forker, mforker@ghsa.org
202-789-0942 x120

With a grant from NRSF, New York partnered with Stony Brook University's School of Health Technology and Management to develop the Stop Drowsy Driving Initiative.

Authorizes AV testing with a human operator.

Bicycle helmets required for all riders 1 year or older and under 14. Children under 1 prohibited.

Universal helmet law enacted 1967.