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Assembly Bill A4902

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Decreases the prohibited area of parking around a fire hydrant from fifteen to ten feet

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2025-A4902 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2675
2011-2012: A3062
2013-2014: A3854
2015-2016: A2077
2017-2018: A1778
2019-2020: A2663
2021-2022: A1680
2023-2024: A3191

2025-A4902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decreases the prohibited area of parking around a fire hydrant from fifteen to ten feet to reduce parking congestion in heavily populated areas.

2025-A4902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4902
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  decreasing
   the prohibited distance of parking near a fire hydrant
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 1202 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of  2006,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within [fifteen] TEN
 feet of a fire hydrant  except  when  such  vehicle  is  attended  by  a
 licensed  operator  or chauffeur who is seated in the front seat and who
 can immediately move such vehicle in case of emergency, unless a differ-
 ent distance is indicated by official signs, markings or parking meters.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07679-01-5

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