The Adams administration is moving to gut legislation to ban parking near crosswalks by proposing a bill that is so watered down, it would basically maintain the status quo.
Since it was introduced late last year, the "universal daylighting" legislation—which would prohibit parking within 20 feet of intersections, in order to make it easier for turning drivers and pedestrians to see—has faced fierce pushback from the Adams administration, which argues it would actually make streets more dangerous.
But the latest version of the bill—proposed by the Department of Transportation and embraced by Council Speaker Adrienne Adams—bears little resemblance to the original, according to people knowledgeable about the negotiations.
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