What's happening
This bill increases the maximum fine for illegally idling a motor vehicle engine in New York City to $150.
Why it matters
Raises the financial risk for drivers and businesses who leave vehicles idling. , which could motivate greater compliance with anti-idling rules—potentially improving air quality and reducing public health risks, especially in neighborhoods with high traffic.
Targets a common, yet often overlooked, source of urban air pollution. , since idling contributes to emissions of pollutants that can worsen asthma and other respiratory illnesses, particularly impacting children and vulnerable populations.
Could change enforcement dynamics and city revenue. , as higher fines may either deter violations (leading to fewer tickets) or, if compliance does not increase, result in higher fine collections; this may influence how actively agencies pursue idling violations.
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Who cares
New York City Parking Violations Bureau
The bill would authorize monetary penalties of up to $150 for violating engine-idling restrictions while parking, standing or stopping.
Motorists in New York City
Drivers who illegally idle could face penalties above the existing $50 general parking cap and $100 cap for violations in no-stopping or no-standing spaces.
Commercial fleet operators in New York City
Their vehicles would be subject to the higher penalty ceiling for illegal idling while parked, standing or stopped.
Headline styles
Raise Idling Fines
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1296
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to monetary penalties that the parking violations bureau may impose for illegally idling the engine of a motor vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of 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:
(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 violations of a restriction on idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing, or stopping for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars, and (ii) handicapped parking violations for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars; and
§ 2. Subdivision b of section 19-203 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 93 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
b. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for parking violations, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed (1) fifty dollars for each parking violation, [provided that monetary penalties shall not exceed] (2) one hundred dollars for each parking violation, other than a restriction on idling the engine of a motor vehicle, committed in a space where stopping or standing is prohibited,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03344-01-9
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(3) one hundred fifty dollars for each violation of a restriction on idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing, or stopping, and [provided, further, that monetary penalties shall not exceed] (4) one hundred fifty dollars for each handicapped parking violation;
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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