What's happening
This bill imposes a $1,000 fine for unattended semitrailers or trailers parked on city streets in NYC, except for those used in state-sanctioned film or TV productions.
Why it matters
A steep $1,000 fine aims to deter trucking companies and individuals from leaving unattached trailers or semitrailers on NYC streets, addressing congestion, safety, and quality-of-life issues for residents.
The legislation empowers police and designated officials to remove unattended trailers more aggressively, potentially reducing illegal parking and freeing up curb space in crowded neighborhoods.
By exempting vehicles used in state-sanctioned film or TV productions, the bill balances enforcement with support for New York’s significant media industry, recognizing its economic and logistical needs.
This law could have financial impacts on logistics, delivery, and moving companies operating in NYC, possibly increasing their costs and changing how and where they stage or park their equipment.
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Who cares
Trailer owners and others lawfully entitled to possession
They would face a $1,000 fine for a detached trailer or semitrailer parked or unattended on a New York City street.
State-sanctioned film and television productions
Owners or lawful possessors of detached trailers connected to these productions would be exempt from the $1,000 fine when the trailers are parked and left unattended.
New York City police and commissioner-designated personnel
The bill would add a financial penalty to the existing authority to remove detached trailers and semitrailers from city streets.
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Fine for Unattended Trailers
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Fine for Unattended Trailers
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1557
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 1204 of the vehicle 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 traffic], 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.
LBD04502-01-9
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