Assembly Bill A8858

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to offsetting publicly available parking spaces replaced by designated bus lanes or removed by capital projects in the city of New York

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8858 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6962
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1111-c & 1642, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A801, S2488
2021-2022: S4204
2023-2024: S1551

2017-A8858 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to offsetting publicly available parking spaces replaced by designated bus lanes or removed by capital projects in the city of New York and requires a public hearing to be held prior to eliminating such parking spaces.

2017-A8858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8858
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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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