The New York State Senate

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                                  8858

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 22, 2017
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  offsetting
  publicly  available parking spaces replaced by designated bus lanes or
  removed by capital projects in the city of New York  and  requiring  a
  public hearing to be held prior to eliminating such parking spaces

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (m) to read as follows:
  (M) 1. THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  SHALL  OFFSET  EACH  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE
COMMERCIAL  OR  RESIDENTIAL  PARKING  SPACE REPLACED BY A DESIGNATED BUS
LANE IN ANY BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROGRAM ROUTE IMPLEMENTED  AFTER  NOVEMBER
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN BY DEDICATING AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF PUBLIC-
LY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES WITHIN A ONE BLOCK
RADIUS FOR EACH PARKING SPACE THAT IS ELIMINATED OR REMOVED.
  2.  PRIOR TO ELIMINATING OR REMOVING ANY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL
OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACE, THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONVENE NO LESS
THAN ONE PUBLIC  HEARING  WITHIN  THE  BOUNDS  OF  THE  COMMUNITY  BOARD
AFFECTED NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH DETERMINATION TO CONSID-
ER  ALTERNATIVE PARKING REPLACEMENTS. THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE
A MINIMUM OF FOURTEEN DAYS' NOTICE BEFORE EACH HEARING,  PLACING  NOTICE
IN A PROMINENT LOCATION ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE OF THE AGENCY WITH PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT.
  § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and
traffic law is amended to read as follows:
  2.  (I) Parking, standing, stopping and backing of vehicles; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SHALL
DEDICATE  AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDEN-
TIAL PARKING SPACES FOR EACH PARKING SPACE ELIMINATED OR  REMOVED  BY  A
CAPITAL PROJECT INITIATED AFTER NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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  (II)  PRIOR  TO ELIMINATING OR REMOVING ANY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMMER-
CIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACE, THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONVENE NO
LESS THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF  THE  COMMUNITY  BOARD
AFFECTED NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH DETERMINATION TO CONSID-
ER ALTERNATIVE PARKING REPLACEMENTS.  THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE
A MINIMUM OF FOURTEEN DAYS' NOTICE BEFORE EACH HEARING BY PLACING NOTICE
IN A PROMINENT LOCATION ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE OF THE AGENCY WITH PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT.
  §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to section 1111-c of the vehicle and traffic law made  by
section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.