What's happening
This bill allows Yonkers to use smart parking technology and hire companies to help manage parking.
Why it matters
Directly impacts Yonkers residents, businesses, and visitors. by enabling the city to modernize parking enforcement and management, potentially changing how people pay for and find parking in the city.
Authorizes the city to contract with third-party companies. for smart parking technology, which could introduce new players and private sector practices into municipal parking—affecting city jobs, local businesses, and the overall efficiency of parking enforcement.
Requires a public hearing before any changes are made,. meaning Yonkers residents will have a formal opportunity to weigh in on how these new technologies are implemented, helping ensure local accountability and transparency in how parking is managed.
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Who cares
City of Yonkers Government
Gains the authority to implement and manage smart parking technologies, potentially improving parking efficiency and enforcement.
Yonkers Residents and Drivers
Will be directly affected by any new parking technologies or enforcement methods, which could alter how they find, pay for, or contest parking.
Technology Vendors and Third-Party Contractors
Stand to benefit as potential providers of smart parking systems and related services to the city.
Local Business Owners
Have an interest due to potential impacts on parking availability, customer access, and traffic flow near their establishments.
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Allow Smart Parking in Yonkers
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11448
IN ASSEMBLY
May 18, 2026
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) -read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the city council of the city of Yonkers to provide for the use of certain smart parking management technologies by the city of Yonkers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1640-t to read as follows:
§ 1640-t. Use of smart parking management technologies in the city of Yonkers. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city council of the city of Yonkers may, by adoption of a local law or ordinance, provide for the use of smart parking management technologies by the city of Yonkers including for future parking enforcement purposes, including by contracting with third parties providing such technologies.
2. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section until a public hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as required for public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal home rule law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15169-01-6
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