"It's awful,' said Emmitt Mendoza as he waited for the bus near the ferry terminal at St. George. 'I feel like, as a public servant, you have to lead by example. Over 100 speeding tickets [last year] ... I think that's really terrible.'"
"If the so-called Stop Super Speeders Act had been in effect, Giovansanti would have been notified of the requirement to install a speed limiter on Aug. 7, 2022, only a few months after he bought the truck."
"'He should be not driving anymore,' said Frank, a longtime Staten Islander, about Giovansanti. 'He should be ...'"
NYPD Officer James Giovansanti has been caught on camera 547 times for traffic violations in Staten Island, including 187 tickets in 2025. Residents express frustration, believing public servants should set a good example. Giovansanti has paid over $36,000 in fines, but these tickets do not affect his driving record. A proposed bill could require repeat offenders to install speed limiters in their vehicles. Many Staten Islanders support this bill, feeling it should already be in place to address reckless driving.
Read at Streetsblog New York City
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