Requires a verbal warning to be issued prior to the issuance of a parking violation

5 Co-sponsors

• Michael Benjamin
• Joan Millman
• Catherine Nolan
• Kenneth Zebrowski
• Nelson Castro

5 Multi-sponsors

• Peter Abbate
• Vivian Cook
• Deborah Glick
• Rory Lancman
• Margaret Markey

BILL NUMBER:A9135

Title of bill

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring verbal warnings to be issued prior to the issuance of a parking violation

Purpose or general idea of bill

The purpose of this bill is to require a verbal warning to any occupied vehicle before a parking control or enforcement agency in the City of New York can issue a parking violation summons.

Summary of provisions

This bill will add a new Section 19-162.3 to the administrative code of the City of New York to require a verbal warning to the occupant of a vehicle prior to the issuance of a parking violation

Justification

Before issuing a parking violation to an occupied vehicle, a traffic agent or other law enforcement authority should be required to verbally direct the suspected vehicle to move immediately or they will be given a parking violation summons. Recent examples illustrate the need for such a common sense approach to traffic enforcement, including where a motorist was given a "no parking" ticket while sitting in his car after pulling to the curb to take a phone call, and where a motorist was given a ticket for "double parking" while waiting for another car to pull out of a parking space. In each of these instances, the goal of traffic enforcement would be better and more fairly served by simply requiring traffic enforcement agents to issue a verbal directive to a vehicle's occupants prior to writing a summons.

Prior legislative history

New Bill. FISCAL IMPACT: None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become law.