Suspends alternate side of the street parking regulations in the city of New York on state and national holidays, including the day following Thanksgiving Day.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6286
SPONSOR: Ortiz (MS) TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the administrative code of the city of
New York, in relation to the suspension of alternate side of the street
parking regulations
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would add the day after
Thanksgiving to the list of state and national holidays on which alter-
nate side of the street parking regulations in the city of New York are
suspended.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends Subdivision a of section 19-163
of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local
laws numbers 32 and 33 of the city of New York for the year 2002.
JUSTIFICATION: Parking throughout New York City is seriously congested
at any given time. A lack of available on-street parking is generally
acknowledged as one of the most problematic and frustrating issues
confronting residents and merchants alike. Currently, the list of offi-
cial City holidays that result in the suspension of alternate side of
the street parking regulations includes state and national holidays in
order to alleviate parking pressure.
Because the day after Thanksgiving is generally considered part of the
holiday weekend, the number of residents who have the day off from work
is as great, and if not greater, than other holidays already included in
the list. Consequently, the large volume of vehicles parked on the
street, combined with in-force alternate side parking regulations, makes
parking very difficult and hinders traffic flow. If enacted, this legis-
lation would ease traffic and parking pressures in New York City on the
day after Thanksgiving, without having a deleterious overall effect on
street cleanliness.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
1999/2000 - A.7562 - Referred to cities
2001/02 - A.5377 - Referred to cities
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6286
2003-2004 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2003
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, DINOWITZ, TOWNS, SEDDIO -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. CLARK, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GRANNIS, MARKEY, MILLMAN --
read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the suspension of alternate side of the street parking
regulations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 19-163 of the administrative code
2 of the city of New York, as separately amended by local laws numbers 32
3 and 33 of the city of New York for the year 2002, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 a. All alternate side of the street parking rules shall be suspended
6 on the following holidays: Christmas, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Ash
7 Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Thursday, Feast of the
8 Assumption, Feast of All Saints, Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
9 first two days of Succoth, Shemini Atzereth, Simchas Torah, Shevuoth,
10 Purim, Orthodox Holy Thursday, Orthodox Good Friday, first two and last
11 two days of Passover, the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid
12 Ul-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year, [and] all state and national holidays,
13 and the day after Thanksgiving Day.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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