NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6876

Senate Bill S6876

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides a fine for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in New York city

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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2025-S6876 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1204, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6170
2019-2020: S2761
2021-2022: S3258
2023-2024: S518

2025-S6876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a fine of one thousand dollars for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in a city with a population of one million or more; makes certain exceptions.

2025-S6876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6876

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to a fine for
parked or unattended semitrailers or trailers on streets of a city with
a population of one million or more

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would amend paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law, as amended by Chapter 193 of the Laws of 1974, to levy a
fine for parked or unattended semitrailers or trailers on city streets.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill establishes a fine of $1,000 in cities with populations over 1
million for the illegal parking of a semitrailer or trailer on

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, the owners or operators of illegally parked tractor-trailers
or semitrailers are not fined. The owners can retrieve their vehicles by
simply paying a $160 towing fee. For many tractor-trailer owners or
operators, this $160 is a small price to pay compared to what it can
cost to legally park a tractor-trailer in a city. The unfortunate result
is that residents of many city neighborhoods who must endure crowded,
exhaust filled streets are penalized while tractor trailer owners or
operators - undeterred by a relatively small towing fee - flagrantly
violate the law. A $1,000 fine for tractor-trailers that are illegally
parked overnight would help to encourage the legal parking of these
vehicles and help maintain the quality of life in our city neighbor-
hoods.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The fines charged for illegal parking would offset any cost of enforce-
ment of this law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S518/ A2618- Committed to Rules

2022: S3258- Passed Senate. No same-as in '22.

Senate Bill 6170 of 2017-18. Passed Senate 2019-20 Session.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2025-S6876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6876
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  LIU,  STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to a fine for
   parked or unattended semitrailers or trailers on  streets  of  a  city
   with a population of one million or more

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 1204 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 193 of the laws of  1974,  is
 amended and a new paragraph 3 is added to read as follows:
   2.  In any city with a population of one million or more, whenever any
 police officer, or any person designated by the commissioner  [of  traf-
 fic], finds a semitrailer or trailer without a tractor or towing vehicle
 attached,  parked  or  unattended  on  any  city street, such officer or
 person designated by the commissioner [of traffic] is hereby  authorized
 to  provide  for the removal of such semitrailer or trailer to a garage,
 automobile pound or other place of safety.   THE OWNER OR  OTHER  PERSON
 LAWFULLY ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION OF SUCH SEMITRAILER OR TRAILER SHALL
 BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   3.  IF  A  SEMITRAILER  OR TRAILER WITHOUT A TRACTOR OR TOWING VEHICLE
 ATTACHED IS PARKED AND LEFT UNATTENDED WHILE IT IS CONNECTED TO A  STATE
 SANCTIONED  FILM  OR  TELEVISION  PRODUCTION,  THE OWNER OR OTHER PERSON
 LAWFULLY ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION OF SUCH SEMITRAILER OR TRAILER SHALL
 NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AS PROVIDED IN  PARAGRAPH
 TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04886-01-5

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