SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Another Capital Region municipality is taking to the use of cameras to monitor speeding motorists in school zones. Local and state officials said the newly passed legislation will allow the City of Schenectady to install up to 20 school speed zone cameras.

Avalon, is a Schenectady first grader who was out walking with her father and told NEWS10’s Reporter James De La Fuente it was a smart idea, “Well, I think it's a great choice.” To which her father Pete Day said, “Very nice. That's very exciting for the neighborhood.”

New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara said he helped the city to get the legislation approved. “The goal, obviously, is to eliminate any type of accidents. And certainly, we don't want any fatal accidents. These are really sensitive areas,

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