Pamela Manasse testifies about being paralyzed by an e-vehicle

Hello, and thank you, Speaker Menon, for allowing me to tell my story on behalf of all victims of e-vehicle crashes.

My name is Pamela Manassi.

I am EPSA's co-founder and its first victim.

Four years ago, in 2022, as I crossed the street legally with my husband, I was brutally hit head-on by an e-vehicle traveling illegally off a sidewalk and into the crosswalk.

I suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and partially paralyzed and lost my career as a cellist.

There was zero accountability for the man who hit me.

He tried to flee, but my husband detained him.

He got no summons.

He wasn't given a breathalyzer or drug test.

Instead, he was allowed to walk away freely as seen by witnesses getting a coffee and croissant while I was taken away in an ambulance, paralyzed.

Priscilla's Law Intro 802 that requires license and registration through the use of red light cameras was introduced three years ago, and yet it is not one of the bills brought before the City Council today.

We don't know why.

Each of the 24 bills that are on the list represents only small pieces of solutions, but none will solve the larger safety issues running rampant in the city we love except

Priscilla's Law, who, as you already have been told, passed.

away because she took one step out and got hit by a city bike.

Priscilla's law addresses everything needed for real safety, just license and registration.

So simple.

License anyone operating a motorized vehicle,

and hold the individual accountable, individual accountable, for illegal, egregious behavior.

I don't care what they do for a living.

These are not bikes.

These are silent motorcycles, and they are killers.

You may as well just put a gun to my head.

Thank you.

Oh, by the way, I am still paralyzed.

Thank you.

Oh, and that's me, right?

Thank you.

We're now going to, this panel is excused.

The next panel is Brooklyn Bar President Antonio Reynoso.