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                                   8858
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  offsetting
   publicly  available parking spaces replaced by designated bus lanes or
   removed by capital projects in the city of New York  and  requiring  a
   public hearing to be held prior to eliminating such parking spaces
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
   (M) 1. THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  SHALL  OFFSET  EACH  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE
 COMMERCIAL  OR  RESIDENTIAL  PARKING  SPACE REPLACED BY A DESIGNATED BUS
 LANE IN ANY BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM ROUTE IMPLEMENTED  AFTER  NOVEMBER
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN BY DEDICATING AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF PUBLIC-
 LY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES WITHIN A ONE BLOCK
 RADIUS FOR EACH PARKING SPACE THAT IS ELIMINATED OR REMOVED.
   2.  PRIOR TO ELIMINATING OR REMOVING ANY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL
 OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACE, THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONVENE NO LESS
 THAN ONE PUBLIC  HEARING  WITHIN  THE  BOUNDS  OF  THE  COMMUNITY  BOARD
 AFFECTED NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH DETERMINATION TO CONSID-
 ER  ALTERNATIVE PARKING REPLACEMENTS. THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE
 A MINIMUM OF FOURTEEN DAYS' NOTICE BEFORE EACH HEARING,  PLACING  NOTICE
 IN A PROMINENT LOCATION ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE OF THE AGENCY WITH PRIMARY
 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT.
   § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and
 traffic law is amended to read as follows:
   2.  (I) Parking, standing, stopping and backing of vehicles; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL
 DEDICATE  AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDEN-
 TIAL PARKING SPACES FOR EACH PARKING SPACE ELIMINATED OR  REMOVED  BY  A
 CAPITAL PROJECT INITIATED AFTER NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (II)  PRIOR  TO ELIMINATING OR REMOVING ANY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMMER-
 CIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACE, THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONVENE NO
 LESS THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF  THE  COMMUNITY  BOARD
 AFFECTED NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH DETERMINATION TO CONSID-
 ER ALTERNATIVE PARKING REPLACEMENTS.  THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE
 A MINIMUM OF FOURTEEN DAYS' NOTICE BEFORE EACH HEARING BY PLACING NOTICE
 IN A PROMINENT LOCATION ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE OF THE AGENCY WITH PRIMARY
 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law made  by
 section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.