NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1551

Senate Bill S1551

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to offsetting publicly available parking spaces replaced by designated bus lanes or removed by capital projects in the city of New York

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jan 12, 2023	referred to transportation

2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1111-c & 1642, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6962
2019-2020: S2488
2021-2022: S4204

2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to offsetting publicly available parking spaces replaced by designated bus lanes or removed by capital projects in the city of New York and requires a public hearing to be held prior to eliminating such parking spaces.

2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1551

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

To alleviate the lack of parking spaces utilized to access businesses
along Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens that have been reduced or eliminated
due to the creation of SBS bus lanes.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 Amends Section 1111-C of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add a
new subdivision (n) to require the City of New York to dedicate an equal
quantity of publicly available commercial or residential parking sports
within a one block radius for each parking spot that is eliminated or

removed.

Section 2 Amends subdivision 2 of Section 1642 of the Vehicle and Traf-
fic Law to require that the City of New York convene no less than one
public hearing within the bounds of the community board affected no less
than thirty days prior to consider alternative parking placements. The
City of New York would also have to provide a minimum of fourteen days
notice prior to the public hearing.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Local businesses rely heavily on customer accessibility and parking
availability. Certain city projects in the past have eliminated critical
parking spaces, without replenishment, thus causing a great hardship on
business owners to accommodate customers. Most recently, the Select Bus
Service (SBS) fully took effect on Woodhaven Boulevard in 'Queens on
November 12, 2017. The plan, which is part of the New York City Vision
Zero program, seeks to bring increased reliability for bus passengers,
as well as greater safety to pedestrians and motorists.

However, a major part of the redesigned roadway along Cross Bay and
Woodhaven Boulevards was the elimination of public parking spaces along
the route. This feature of the new system is having a direct detrimental
impact on the small businesses located along the route, as customers are
not able to gain access to these merchants. Since small businesses are
the heart of the thriving economy of this community, ample parking must
be made available. This legislation requires that the City of New York
provide an equal quantity of alternative parking spaces for the parking
spaces that have eliminated in order to accommodate the buses.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: S.2488- Referred to Senate Transportation Committee.

2020: S.2488- Referred to Senate Transportation Committee.

2021: S.4204- Referred to Senate Transportation Committee.
2022: S.4204- Referred to Senate Transportation Committee.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately, with provisions.

2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1551
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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  TWENTY-THREE  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04347-01-3
 S. 1551                             2

 
 CAPITAL PROJECT INITIATED AFTER NOVEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE.
   (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.

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