New numbers show the mayor's Vision Zero program is helping to reduce traffic deaths significantly.

For the first six months of this year, there were 81 fatalities recorded.

That's the fewest ever over a six-month period.

City DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg credits this to the placement of 140 speed cameras near schools across the five boroughs.

But that program's set to expire July 25th unless Albany acts quickly.

"The possibility of losing that speed camera program, where we've seen in intersections or places we've put those cameras speeding drop over 60%, we just want to make that pitch again for the city to keep deploying these life-saving tools," Trottenberg said.

If the senate is able to return to Albany and pass a bill then it would put 290 cameras through out the city until 2022.