According to this Jan. 6, 2023, press release from NYC DOT,
NYC pedestrian infrastructure spending has made a difference as pedestrian (and bike) fatalities in NYC continue to drop.
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New York – Today, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that in 2022 the city experienced a decline in traffic fatalities for the first time since 2019,
with among the fewest annual pedestrian deaths recorded in history. Amidst a nationwide increase in traffic fatalities, New York City’s overall traffic fatalities fell in 2022 by 6.6%.
Pedestrian fatalities decreased by 6.3%, also defying national trends."
"New York City continues to defy national trends around pedestrian deaths, which are nationally at a four decade high. Traffic fatalities were down in 4 of the 5 major travel modes DOT tracks. Compared to 2013, the last year before implementation of Vision Zero, New York City traffic deaths have dropped by 14.7%, from 299 deaths that year.
Pedestrian deaths have decreased by 35.9% when compared to 2013 figures. Cyclist fatalities were also down for the third straight year (17 in 2022, down from a 20-year high of 28 in 2019) --- declining even as bicycle ridership has soared in recent years."