NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1874
SPONSOR: Rosenthal (MS) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to monetary penalties that the
parking violations bureau may impose for illegally idling the engine of
a motor vehicle
PURPOSE:
This bill raises the fine that the parking violations bureau in New York
City may impose for illegally idling motor vehicle engines.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 237 of the
vehicle and traffic law to state that: violations of a restriction on
idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing or stopping
for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars.
Section two amends subdivision b of section 19-203 of the administrative
code of the city of New York.
Section three sets out the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Cars that idle their engines can contribute toxic fumes to the environ-
ment and decrease the quality of life for New York City residents. For
example, tourist buses that let their engines sit idle pollute city
neighborhoods and cars that idle their engines for long periods of time
can pollute areas near schools. There must be appropriate disincentives
for idling motor vehicles and detracting from New York's quality of
life. Raising the fines imposed on this activity is a way to discourage
people from polluting the New York City environment to an even greater
extent.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: A.721 - Referred to Transportation
2021-22: A.2249 - Referred to Transportation
2019-20: A.1296 - Referred to Transportation
2017-18: A.4799 - Referred to Transportation
2015-16: A.1008 - Referred to Transportation
2013-14: A.243 - Referred to Transportation
2011-12: A.1844 - Referred to Transportation
2009-10: A.6903 - Referred to Transportation
2007-08: A.11524 - Referred to Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1874
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to monetary penalties that the
parking violations bureau may impose for illegally idling the engine
of a motor vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 237 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) parking violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary fines
5 and penalties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not
6 exceed fifty dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city
7 with a population of one million or more, violations committed in spaces
8 where stopping or standing is prohibited for which monetary penalties
9 shall not exceed one hundred dollars and violations of a restriction on
10 idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing, or stop-
11 ping for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty
12 dollars, and (ii) handicapped parking violations for which monetary
13 penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars; and
14 § 2. Subdivision b of section 19-203 of the administrative code of the
15 city of New York, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 93 of the
16 laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
17 b. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for parking
18 violations, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed
19 (1) fifty dollars for each parking violation, [provided that monetary
20 penalties shall not exceed] (2) one hundred dollars for each parking
21 violation, other than a restriction on idling the engine of a motor
22 vehicle, committed in a space where stopping or standing is prohibited,
23 (3) one hundred fifty dollars for each violation of a restriction on
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04936-01-5
A. 1874 2
1 idling the engine of a motor vehicle while parking, standing, or stop-
2 ping, and [provided, further, that monetary penalties shall not exceed]
3 (4) one hundred fifty dollars for each handicapped parking violation;
4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
