Senator Andrew Gounardes is Disingenuous About Vision Zero and Street Safety
Other state politicians were sharing the chart above, but Senator Andrew Gounades did not.
Andrew doesn’t want want to see Bay Ridge in dark purple or the fact at the top where our District (43) was singled out for the high number of fatalities.
We have so much work to do to make sure that no parent, senior, or pedestrian of any age lives in fear of crossing the street.
— Senator Andrew Gounardes (@Sen_Gounardes) January 27, 2022
And the place to start with that work is by passing the Crash Victims Rights & Safety Act — now.
We need #SafeStreetsNowNY@TransAlt @NYC_SafeStreets pic.twitter.com/r7EIwHc5w1
Gounardes told us about a family member who died in an accident. Why did he remain silent when Justin Brannan broke the law repeatedly – 16 times? (See here) Many politicians think they are above the law and the rules don’t apply to them and their friends.
If street safety was a concern for Andrew, he wouldn’t have been silent when Brannan’s driving record came out. Gounardes has also been silent about the red light camera lobbyists had lobbied Brannan. (See here) Making legislation for lobbyists, rather than for the area he represents has our area in purple and people, including children dying.
Further, we wouldn’t see Gounardes accepting money from the car industry, especially not after Carol’s death last Spring.
We should have seen Democrats speak out against Andrew Gounardes accepting PACs money from the Greater New York Auto Dealers Association which represents car dealerships in our area.
We have told Gounardes to return the money, but since he thinks YOU don’t know, he hasn’t returned the money.
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Hugs,
marlene
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