Car used by chair of NYC’s transportation committee sped through school zones 17 times this year

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Car used by chair of NYC’s transportation committee sped through school zones 17 times this year
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Whoever owns the car, which is often driven by City Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers, has racked up enough tickets that city law requires them to take a driver safety course or risk having the wheels impounded.

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Whoever owns the car, which is often driven by City Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers of southeastern Queens, has racked up enough tickets thatrequires them to take a driver safety course or risk having the wheels impounded. It’s not clear how often Brooks-Powers drives the vehicle herself. The car was also ticketed outside Hudson Yards in October for fraudulent use of a parking permit. The $65 fine was later dismissed.

A spokesperson for Brooks-Powers said the car — a 2019 gray Nissan — is not registered under her name, but is a shared family vehicle. The politician regularly uses the car, and it has beenThe car has enough speeding tickets to trigger the city’slaw, which was signed by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2020. The law mandates that owners of cars with more than 15 speed camera violations or five red light cameras within any 12-month window take a safety course.

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