Senate Bill S1551

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1111-c & 1642, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6962
2019-2020: S2488
2021-2022: S4204

2023-S1551 (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.

2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1551
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 (n) to read as follows:
   (N) 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  TWENTY-THREE  BY  DEDICATING AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF
 PUBLICLY 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04347-01-3
 S. 1551                             2
              

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