You May Soon Have to Pay More to Drive That SUV in New York

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, JUNE 23 GETTING AROUND [You May Soon Have to Pay More to Drive That SUV in New York]( A state bill proposes that owners pay much more for their heavier (and deadlier) vehicles. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez [visited the crash site]( with other officials, met with community members [demanding a traffic signal be installed](, and [promised to make changes to the street]( — including “[daylighting](” the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. “When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City,” he said, “you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads.” Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars — [namely, bigger SUVs and trucks]( — are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is [co-introducing legislation]( for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. “The car industry is pushing the sale of [heavier and larger vehicles](,” he says. “The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost.” [Continue reading »]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Is the Spherical Listening Room at the Shed an Innovation or a Gimmick? Trying out the Sonic Sphere.]( By Justin Davidson [Who Wants to Die on Vacation? The ultrawealthy are boarding submarines, going to space, and tempting fate in search of bespoke experiences.]( By Molly Osberg [The Best Brow Groomers in New York For tweezing, threading, and tinting.]( By Valeriya Chupinina [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved