What's happening
This bill increases the fine for tractor-trailer combinations parking overnight on residential streets in New York City from $250 to $400.
Why it matters
Raises the financial consequences for commercial truck drivers and companies. by significantly increasing the first-offense fine, which may deter illegal overnight parking in residential areas and encourage compliance.
Addresses quality of life concerns for residents. who may experience noise, blocked views, and reduced parking availability due to large vehicles occupying residential streets overnight.
Signals a policy shift toward stricter enforcement. and prioritization of residential neighborhood interests over the convenience of commercial vehicle operators in New York City.
May impact logistics and delivery operations. for businesses relying on overnight street parking for tractor-trailers, potentially increasing operational costs or requiring changes in delivery and parking practices.
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Who cares
Trucking companies and vehicle owners
The bill would raise New York City's first-offense fine for overnight residential street parking by tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers from $250 to $400.
Residents of New York City residential neighborhoods
The bill would increase the financial penalty for covered trucks and trailers parked overnight on their streets.
New York City parking enforcement officials
The bill would establish a $400 first-offense fine while retaining the $500 fine for subsequent violations by the same owner within six months.
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Raise Fines for Truck Parking
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History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
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Raise Truck Parking Fines
In Senate Committee · Cities · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8363
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the fine for tractor-trailer combinations that park on residential streets overnight
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision c of section 19-170 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
2. A first violation of this section, when the commercial vehicle is a tractor-trailer combination, tractor, truck trailer or semi-trailer, shall be punishable by a monetary fine of [two hundred fifty] four hundred dollars. Any such subsequent violation of this section by the same owner, as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section two hundred thirty-nine of the vehicle and traffic law, within a six month period shall be punishable by a monetary fine of five hundred dollars.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
2. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary fines and penalties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed fifty dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a population of one million or more, violations committed in spaces where stopping or standing is prohibited for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking violations for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars; and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population of one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not be less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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dollars for each abandoned vehicle violation; and (c) a city with a population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to [two hundred fifty] four hundred dollars for a first offense and up to five hundred dollars for subsequent offenses within a six month period for tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semitrailers parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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