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Felder has introduced a bill that would raise the speed limit on Ocean Parkway to 30 miles per hour, exempting the street from NYC’s citywide 25 mph limit.

On Friday, Assembly Democrats came out with their version of legislation to legalize Uber outside of New York City, and it includes some critical data transparency measures absent from similar bills put forward by Governor Cuomo and the State Senate.

Assembly lawmakers want to restore the $65 million transit cut in Governor Cuomo's draft budget. To reverse the cut, the draft budget released by the Carl Heastie-led Assembly [PDF, page 65-2] reallocates $65 million from New York Works, Cuomo's infrastructure piggy bank, to the MTA.

Governor Cuomo wants to cut $65 million from the state's annual contribution to the MTA. An analysis by the Riders Alliance and Regional Plan Association identifies transit improvements that money could pay for.

Governor Cuomo's proposed budget slashes $65 million from the state's general fund contribution to the MTA, breaking a promise he made five years ago. Now a bipartisan group of 65 Albany legislators are calling for those funds to be restored in the final budget.

Five years ago, Cuomo promised to allocate $320 million annually to the MTA to make up for cutting one of the agency's dedicated revenue streams. At the time, advocates warned that Cuomo wouldn't keep his promise for long. They were right: This year the governor's draft budget calls for a $65 million cut to MTA funding.

There's plenty Albany lawmakers can do this year to improve transit and make streets safer.

There is no maximum age for driving in New York State. The DMV resources page for older drivers is six sentences long and refers people who are concerned about their driving skills to the AARP.

Brown apparently decided a low-level misdemeanor charge was too severe for the death of 8-month-old Navraj Raju.