Running out of daylight: Advocates fume over Speaker Adams not holding vote on universal ‘daylighting’ street safety bill before year’s end

Outgoing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will not bring a measure to implement universal "daylighting," which would eliminate parking near intersections to make them safer, to a vote before the end of the body's current session.

Her decision drew a sharp rebuke from safe streets advocates on Thursday who say the bill's passage is essential toward increasing street safety for pedestrians and drivers alike.

The speaker's office confirmed to amNewYork that the legislation will not get a vote during the council's final meeting of the session on Thursday, Dec. 18. The confirmation came shortly after advocates backing the measure first broke the news earlier on Dec. 11.

The coalition of advocates, including the groups Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets, pointed the