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                                    801
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2019
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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 (n) to read as follows:
   (N) 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 NINETEEN BY DEDICATING AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF PUBLICLY
 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 NINETEEN.
 
  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.