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City Council passes bill to decriminalize jaywalking: What happens next?

By Erin Pflaumer,

23 days ago

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Jaywalking in New York City could soon be legal.

City Council passed a bill on Thursday to decriminalize it. NYPD officers issue hundreds of jaywalking tickets each year, the majority of them to people of color, city data showed.

Over 90% of jaywalking tickets issued in 2023 were to Black and Latino pedestrians , according to city data.

The bill now heads to Mayor Eric Adams’ desk.

Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018 . She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here .

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