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A10744Assembly2025-2026 SessionSame asS9492

Extend Buffalo Parking Permits

Official title

“Permanently authorizes the pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Buffalo”

Sponsor Crystal Peoples-StokesAD-141Affects Transportation
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
4/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill extends the Buffalo residential parking permit pilot program until December 31, 2031.

Why it matters

  1. Extending the pilot program gives Buffalo officials and residents more time to assess the effectiveness of residential parking permits. such as whether they help manage parking congestion in dense neighborhoods or near popular destinations.

  2. Longer duration allows for better data collection and evaluation. , helping the city determine if the permit system should become permanent or be improved based on observed outcomes over the extended period.

  3. The extension could impact residents, commuters, and local businesses. residents may benefit from more available parking, while commuters or visitors might face continued or expanded parking restrictions and permit requirements.

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Who cares

  • Buffalo Residents

    Individuals living in neighborhoods affected by non-resident parking will care, as the extension keeps the residential parking permit system in place, prioritizing their ability to park near their homes.

  • City of Buffalo Government

    City officials and agencies responsible for managing parking and local traffic will care, as this extension allows them to continue regulating and evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program.

  • Local Businesses and Employees

    Businesses in impacted areas, especially those whose employees or customers rely on street parking, will care about how residential permit restrictions affect accessibility and business operations.

  • Commuters and Visitors to Buffalo

    People who drive into the city for work, events, or leisure will care, as the extended permit system may continue to limit their parking options and influence their travel or visitation habits.

Headline styles

Extend Buffalo Parking Permits

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Crystal Peoples-Stokes

Assembly Member · Assembly District 141

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Signed chap.325
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 61–0
  5. Home rule request
  6. 3rd reading cal.1559
  7. Substituted for S9492A
  8. Referred to rules
  9. Delivered to senate
  10. Passed assembly
  11. Home rule request
  12. Ordered to third reading rules cal.320
Show 7 earlier actions
  1. Rules report cal.320
  2. Reported
  3. Reported referred to rules
  4. Reported referred to ways and means
  5. Print number 10744a
  6. Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
  7. 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.

S9492Senate

Make Buffalo Parking Permits Permanent

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor April Baskin

Impact 4 · Low32% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

10744--A

IN ASSEMBLY

March 27, 2026

Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend chapter 108 of the laws of 2016, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to authorizing a pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Buffalo, in relation to permanently authorizing such provisions

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 108 of the laws of 2016, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to authorizing a pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Buffalo, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire December 31, 2026 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed].

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD15270-04-6

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