NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3259

Senate Bill S3259

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases the fine for tractor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 31, 2022	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request
May 11, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 10, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 09, 2022	1st report cal.1139
Jan 05, 2022	referred to cities 1
Jan 28, 2021	referred to cities 1

Votes

- May 31, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S3259
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 31, 2022
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  May 9, 2022 - Cities 1 Committee Vote
  S3259
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Cities 1 Committee Vote: May 9, 2022
      
      aye (6)
      
      Cleare
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Lanza
      
      Persaud
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      nay (1)
      
      Martucci

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2021-S3259 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3817
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-170, NYC Ad Cd; amd §237, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5465, A8363
2019-2020: S3215, A1658
2023-2024: S519, A1186

2021-S3259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.

2021-S3259 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3259

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the fine for trac-
tor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight

 
PURPOSE:

To reduce overcrowding and parking on residential streets by commercial
vehicles.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Administrative Code of the City of New York to
impose a $400 fine for a first violation of this section by any commer-
cial vehicle, including tractor-trailer combinations, truck trailer or
semi-trailer. Any subsequent violation of this section by the same owner
within a six month period shall receive a monetary fine of $800.

Section 2 amends the vehicle and traffic law to provide that in a City
of a million or more, any commercial vehicle that violates the law may
receive a monetary fine of $400 for a first offense and $800 for any
subsequent offense within six months.

Section 3 provides for immediate enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Southeast Queens sits between two of the busiest airports in the coun-
try, JFK and LaGaurdia, and hosts a large import-export businesses that
distributes food, materials, and supplies to local establishments from
all around the world. Southeast Queens takes pride in the fact that we
are able to have such a large impact on the economic growth of our City.
Unfortunately, hosting these businesses and airports has put a strain on
our communities. While commercial trucks have a place to pick up and
drop off the supplies they are delivering, there is no place for them to
park. So between overnight shifts, they reside in our residential commu-
nities taking up spaces in front of houses, not just creating an eyesore
but it is also an environmental hazard and troublesome for families.

Southeast Queens is designated as an extreme transit dessert by the
federal government, where it takes residents an hour and a half to get
to midtown Manhattan by public transportation. That is why families here
rely on cars for their everyday needs. Many of them also have more than
one vehicle, so they need the space near their homes to easily drop
their children off at school, run errands, and get to a from work.
Needless to say, this becomes more difficult when a 18 wheeler is parked
in front of your house. The truck drivers also leave their air condi-
tioners or heaters on as they sleep overnight.

This continues to be one of the major issues many offices and Community
Boards receive complaints about, and which civic organizations and
others discuss at their meetings.  This legislation will reduce this
hazard if it becomes law, truck drivers will think twice before parking
on residential streets, enhancing the quality of life for residents of
Southeast Queens.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill in 2017: S.5465.  Passed Senate 2019-20 Session.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S3259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3259
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and  the
   vehicle  and traffic law, in relation to increasing the fine for trac-
   tor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  2  of  subdivision  c of section 19-170 of the
 administrative code of the city of New York, as  amended  by  local  law
 number  74 of the city of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   2. A first violation of this section, when the commercial vehicle is a
 tractor-trailer combination, tractor,  truck  trailer  or  semi-trailer,
 shall  be punishable by a monetary fine of [$250] $400.  Any such subse-
 quent violation of this section by the same owner, as defined  in  para-
 graph  a of subdivision 1 of section 239 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 within a six month period shall be punishable  by  a  monetary  fine  of
 [$500] $800.
   §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 458 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  To  provide  for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking
 violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary  fines  and  penal-
 ties,  provided  however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed fifty
 dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a popu-
 lation of one million or more,  violations  committed  in  spaces  where
 stopping  or  standing  is prohibited for which monetary penalties shall
 not exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking  violations
 for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars;
 and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population
 of  one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties shall

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03135-01-1

 S. 3259                             2
 
 not be less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more  than  one  thousand
 dollars  for  each  abandoned  vehicle  violation; and (c) a city with a
 population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to
 [two  hundred  fifty] FOUR HUNDRED dollars for a first offense and up to
 [five] EIGHT hundred dollars for subsequent offenses within a six  month
 period  for  tractor-trailer  combinations, tractors, truck trailers and
 semi-trailers parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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