New York City decriminalizes jaywalking

Walking against a red light or at the middle of a block is not an advisable thing to do. But in 120 days, it will no longer be a crime to jaywalk in New York City. From The New York Times:

'[A]fter decades of mostly turning the other way, city officials finally decriminalized jaywalking, crossing against a traffic signal or outside a crosswalk.

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