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Suffolk lawmakers vote to install red-light cameras

After hearing the plea of a woman who spent three weeks in a coma after a red light traffic accident, the Suffolk Legislature yesterday unanimously voted to install cameras at 50 high-accident sites to catch those who run traffic signals.

"This may be big brother," said Donna Velazquez of Port Jefferson Station, who was hospitalized for two months after a 2001 broadside collision at the intersection...

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