NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2648

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to cities 1
Jan 23, 2023	referred to cities 1

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2843
Current Committee:: Senate Cities 1
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 10-E §3985, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8628, A10341
2021-2022: S445, A7638

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a parking placard review board to undertake a review of the impact of parking placard use within the city of New York.

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2648

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
a parking placard review board

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To establish a review board that will examine the impact of placard use
upon congestion in New York City.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new article 12 to the public authorities law, creating
a parking placard review board. The board will consist of a chair and
fourteen members, tasked with assessing the impact of parking placards
upon congestion and establishing criteria for the retention of existing
placards and the distribution of new placards.  It shall consider
factors including how often placards are misused, how often complaints
related to placards are received, the effectiveness of any efforts that

have already been implemented to address this issue, and enforcement of
penalties.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In New York City, parking placards are routinely issued by city, state
and federal entities, affording holders the benefit of convenient and
free parking. According to the 2018 Fix NYC Advisory Panel report, New
York City has issued about 160,500 placards. The fact that such a high
number of placards are handed out contributes significantly to
congestion in the city. As a result, more people are driving into the
city, clogging streets, increasing traffic levels and exacerbating the
already existent issue of congestion. Efforts must be made to curb the
levels of congestion in the city and not to maintain a scheme which
exacerbates it further.

New York City has made some efforts to address the problem, including
enacting legislation to require a five year placard use plan, reporting
on the number of summons issued in the city for placard abuse, evaluat-
ing specific areas throughout the city to identify illegal parking and
increasing fines for fraudulent use of placards.  However, additional
measures must be taken to truly ameliorate the impact that rampant plac-
ard misuse has had upon congestion. It is critical that there be collab-
oration among the relevant city, state and federal players to find a
solution to this predicament.

This bill creates a parking placard review board, which will have city,
state and federal representation, tasked with reviewing the impact of
parking placard use. The board will issue a final report and make recom-
mendations regarding the impact of parking placards upon congestion and
shall establish criteria for the retention of existing placards and the
distribution of new placards. It shall consider factors including how
often placards are misused, how often complaints related to placards are
received, the effectiveness of any efforts that have already been imple-
mented to address this issue, and enforcement of penalties.
The factors that the board must consider incorporate recommendations
laid out in 2018 reports issued by Fix NYC and the Metropolitan Trans-
portation Sustainability Advisory Workgroup. Creating a review board as
set out in this bill is a necessary measure towards gaining an accurate
picture of the true impact of placard use, ensuring accountability,
identifying effective solutions and eventually, improving congestion
levels.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.445-A of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Died in Cities

A.10341 of 2020, referred to Cities.

Same as S.8628, referred to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2648
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 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.
                                                            LBD05299-01-3
 S. 2648                             2
 
 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.

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Senate Bill S2648

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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