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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Introduction and overview of NYPD traffic enforcement
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Josh Levin, Director of Legislative Affairs for the NYPD, introduces himself and provides an overview of the department's traffic enforcement efforts. He emphasizes the importance of traffic enforcement in ensuring safety and improving quality of life for New Yorkers.
- Levin is accompanied by Chief of Transportation Lola Obay and Inspector Brian O'Sullivan
- Traffic Enforcement Agents (TEAs) write approximately 8 million summonses annually
- Enforcement is data-driven, aiming to prevent accidents and address violations that inconvenience New Yorkers
Josh Levin
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Good morning, chair of salaam, members of the council.
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My name is Josh Levin, and I am the director of the legislative affairs for the New York City Police Department.
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I'm joined today by chief of transportation Lola Obay and inspector Brian O'Sullivan also from the Transportation Bureau.
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On behalf of police commissioner Tisch, Jessica Tisch, we thank you for the opportunity to speak about the work that the department is doing every day to ensure the safety of millions of people moving about the city and to improve their quality of life.
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Now central to this mission is traffic enforcement.
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The department's traffic enforcement agents or TEAs write approximately 8,000,000 summonses a year.
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The deployment of TEAs and their enforcement activity is data driven with the goal of both preventing traffic accidents and addressing the violations that inconvenience and frustrate New Yorkers as they go about their daily lives.