NYPD to Ticket Jaywalking Queens Pedestrians for Their Own Safety, Pols Say
(DNAINFO) Katie Honan | November 10, 2015 — NYPD officers plan to increase ticketing against jaywalkers — a move supported by local politicians who say pedestrians who violate the rules of the road endanger themselves and others.
Officers from the 109th Precinct will hand out information cards in multiple languages for the next two weeks to educate pedestrians on the rules, followed by increased enforcement through summonses and tickets, officials said Monday.
The change comes days after an elderly woman was struck and killed by a bus while walking mid-block near Main Street and Kissena Boulevard — whose death was the catalyst for the meeting at the precinct, officials said.