Bay Ridge Had More Crashes and Injuries in 2023 and 2024, Say the Truth Andrew Gounardes!
Bay Ridge, we all know that our streets are less safe. Senator Gounardes knows that no one is looking at the data, so he doesn’t share it.
The NYC Crashmap shows that there were more crashes and injuries in Community Board 10’s District in 2023 and then again in 2024.
(See map for Community Board 10 here – adjust on dates on the right)
2024: 6 people died. 686 injuries. 502 total crashes.
2023 – 9 people died. 555 injuries. 431 total crashes.
2022 – 3 people died. 525 injuries. 404 total crashes.
2021 – 6 people died. 522 injuries. 426 total crashes.
The Pandemic Year: 2020 – 1 person died. 476 injuries. 361 crashes.
Speed cameras aren’t helping us in Bay Ridge. Andrew Gounardes and Justin Brannan were lobbied over these cameras.
In August 2022 when American Traffic Solutions renewed their contract, Andrew Gounardes accepted $2,500 from American Traffic Solutions. In 2023, more than three times the people died on our streets.
In 2020, Gounardes accepted $4000 from American Traffic Solutions:
Politicians in our area no longer care about deaths on our street. Remember when street activists and politicians held a vigil for those who died on the street? They don’t do them any longer.
Now Andrew Gounardes doesn’t even say their name unless residents mention it to him, as Annemarie Weisner’s neighbors did. (See here) When Aihong Qu died this Summer on 7th Avenue, no one even said her name. (Info)
The Summer before (July 2023), the woman that was killed on 4th Avenue was never named. (Info)
In 2022, state politicians used the map below to boast on social media about how their streets improved. Our area is named on top because there were more than 10 fatalities. Senator Andrew Gounardes did not share this map. Last year, I asked Senator Gounardes, NYC DOT and street activists for the updated version of this Vision Zero map, yet no one has provide it.
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Today, NYC Councilwoman Vicki Paladino called out Andrew Gounardes for his new bill. (See here) Gounardes didn’t want to put a speed limiter in Justin Brannan’s or Brad Landers cars, but he has a bill for them this year. Today Gounardes cried that the councilwoman was a troll because she called him out!
Our community is not becoming safer because of the speed cameras as Andrew Gounardes contends. He is not an expert on the streets and he isn’t using the data that is showing the streets in our community have become dangerous!
Hugs,
marlene
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