New York S 8665: Imposes owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with traffic control indicators within the city of New York

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S08665 Summary:

BILL NOS08665 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05440-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd V & T L, generally; amd §87, Pub Off L

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Imposes owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with traffic control indicators within the city of New York through the use of traffic control indicator cameras.

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BILL NOS08665 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8665

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to owner
 liability for failure of an operator to comply with traffic control
 indicators; to amend the public officers law, in relation to access to
 records prepared pursuant to traffic control indicators; and providing
 for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1111-j to read as follows:
 3 § 1111-j. Owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with
 4 traffic control indicators. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision
 5 of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized to establish a demon-
 6 stration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle
 7 for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted traffic control
 8 indicators in such city in accordance with the provisions of this
 9 section. Such demonstration program shall empower the city to install
 10 traffic control indicator photo devices on city vehicles and along
 11 streets at locations determined by such city and to administer such
 12 program in consultation with the New York city department of transporta-
 13 tion.
 14 2. Any photographs, microphotographs, videotape or other recorded
 15 images captured by traffic control indicator photo devices shall be
 16 inadmissible in any disciplinary proceeding convened by the city and any
 17 proceeding initiated by the city involving licensure privileges of city
 18 vehicle operators. Any traffic control indicator photo device mounted
 19 along streets at locations determined by New York city or mounted on a
 20 city vehicle shall be directed outwardly from such vehicle to capture
 21 images of vehicles operated in violation of traffic control indicators,
 22 and images produced by such device shall not be used for any other
 23 purpose in the absence of a court order requiring such images to be
 24 produced.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06073-04-5

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 1 3. No traffic control indicator vehicle photo device shall be used
 2 unless on the day it is to be used it has successfully passed a self-
 3 test of its functions.
 4 4. (i) Such demonstration program shall utilize necessary technologies
 5 to ensure, to the extent practicable, that photographs, microphoto-
 6 graphs, videotape or other recorded images produced by such traffic
 7 control indicator photo device shall not include images that identify
 8 the driver, the passengers, or the contents of the vehicle. Provided,
 9 however, that no notice of liability issued pursuant to this section
 10 shall be dismissed solely because such a photograph, microphotograph,
 11 videotape or other recorded image allows for the identification of the
 12 driver, the passengers, or the contents of vehicles where the city shows
 13 that it made reasonable efforts to comply with the provisions of this
 14 paragraph in such case.
 15 (ii) Photographs, microphotographs, videotape or any other recorded
 16 image from a traffic control indicator photo device shall be for the
 17 exclusive use of the city for the purpose of the adjudication of liabil-
 18 ity imposed pursuant to this section and of the owner receiving a notice
 19 of liability pursuant to this section, and shall