jaywalking

According to New York State Vehicle and Traffic Laws, jaywalking may not be the crime of convenience we all thought it was, except in one specific situation...

The crackdown is due to the number of pedestrians who have been struck and killed on the 15.4-mile stretch along Central Avenue through Albany and Colonie into Schenectady, where Route 5 becomes State Street. Two more have been killed so far this year and six people died last year...