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                                   2843
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a parking placard review board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  Metropolitan  Transportation
 Sustainability Advisory Workgroup issued a report in 2018, which  recom-
 mended  ending placard abuse as a way to reduce congestion. The legisla-
 ture hereby finds and declares that the  issuance  of  vehicle  placards
 encourages  commuting  by  private vehicles and has led to congestion in
 the New York metropolitan area, consisting of the counties of New  York,
 Bronx,  Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, and Rock-
 land. The New York metropolitan area is designated a nonattainment  area
 for failure to meet environmental protection agency (EPA) national ambi-
 ent air quality standards.
   Further,  the  EPA has indicated that the transportation sector of the
 New York metropolitan area is the largest contributor to greenhouse  gas
 emissions  in  the  United States, accounting for 28% of emissions, with
 light duty vehicles, such as personal cars and trucks, making up 59%  of
 those transportation sector emissions.
   A  reduction  in  motor  vehicle  traffic and congestion, particularly
 commuter traffic into and out of Manhattan, is necessary to reduce these
 emissions and improve air quality for the entire New  York  metropolitan
 area.
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new article
 10-E to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 10-E
                       PARKING PLACARD REVIEW BOARD
 SECTION 3985. PARKING PLACARD REVIEW BOARD.
   § 3985. PARKING PLACARD REVIEW BOARD. 1. THERE IS HEREBY  CREATED  THE
 PARKING  PLACARD REVIEW "BOARD", HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "BOARD",
 WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF A CHAIR AND  FIFTEEN  MEMBERS  APPOINTED  BY  THE
 GOVERNOR  AS  FOLLOWS: TWO MEMBERS UPON APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR, ONE
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 OF WHOM SHALL BE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD; ONE MEMBER  WHO  SHALL  BE  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR HIS
 OR HER DESIGNEE; TWO MEMBERS UPON RECOMMENDATION OF  THE  MAYOR  OF  THE
 CITY  OF  NEW  YORK; ONE MEMBER WHO SHALL BE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW
 YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  OR  HIS  OR  HER  DESIGNEE;  ONE
 MEMBER  WHO  SHALL  BE THE CHANCELLOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
 EDUCATION OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; TWO MEMBERS UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE; TWO MEMBERS UPON THE  RECOMMENDA-
 TION  OF  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY; ONE MEMBER WHO SHALL BE THE CHIEF
 JUDGE OF NEW YORK STATE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; ONE MEMBER WHO SHALL  BE
 THE  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
 OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; ONE MEMBER WHO SHALL  BE  THE  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE
 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE; ONE MEMBER
 WHO  SHALL  BE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR HIS OR
 HER DESIGNEE; AND ONE MEMBER WHO SHALL BE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ASSIST-
 ANT DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION  NEW  YORK  FIELD
 OFFICE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE.
   2. THE BOARD SHALL UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF PARKING PLACARD
 USE  WITHIN  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK. THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE A FINAL REPORT
 AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF PARKING PLACARDS  UPON
 CONGESTION  AND  SHALL  ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR THE RETENTION OF EXISTING
 PARKING PLACARDS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW PARKING PLACARDS, AND SHALL
 CONSIDER FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE IMPACT OF PARKING PLACARDS UPON CONGESTION;
   (B) REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN  THE  NEW  YORK  METROPOLITAN
 AREA;
   (C) ENCOURAGING THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT;
   (D)  HOW OFTEN PARKING PLACARDS ARE MISUSED, INCLUDING ILLEGAL PARKING
 AT BUS STOPS, IN LOADING ZONES AND AT UNPAID METERS;
   (E) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANY MEASURES THAT HAVE  ALREADY  BEEN  IMPLE-
 MENTED TO ADDRESS PARKING PLACARDS, INCLUDING LEGISLATION ENACTED BY THE
 CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  AND HOW SUCH MEASURES MAY BE IMPROVED AND EXPANDED
 UPON;
   (F) THE NUMBER OF PARKING PLACARD COMPLAINTS THAT ARE RECEIVED AND THE
 RESPONSE AND RESOLUTION OF SUCH COMPLAINTS;
   (G) REQUIRING ENTITIES WHO ISSUE PARKING PLACARDS TO IMPLEMENT A CEIL-
 ING ON THE NUMBER OF PLACARDS ISSUED;
   (H) ELIMINATING RESERVED OR DEDICATED  PARKING  FOR  INDIVIDUALS  WITH
 PLACARDS; AND
   (I)  ENFORCEMENT  OF PENALTIES FOR PARKING PLACARD MISUSE BY AN ENTITY
 WITH INDEPENDENCE FROM THE INDIVIDUALS IT WOULD NEED TO ENFORCE.
   3. THE BOARD SHALL, WITHIN SIX MONTHS  OF  CONVENING,  ISSUE  A  FINAL
 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK,  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEM-
 BLY, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK STATE  DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTA-
 TION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA-
 TION, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION,  THE
 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THE
 CHAIRMAN  OF  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY, THE DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND THE ASSISTANT  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE.
   4. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.