Int. No. 1520-A

By Council Member Dromm

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of finance to report on the parking violations bureau

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-216 to read as follows:

§ 19-216 Reporting. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Hearing type. The term “hearing type” means the method by which a matter is heard by the parking violations bureau, which may be in person, by postal mail, or by internet or mobile application.

Violation code. The term “violation code” means the numerical reference assigned by the department to identify which local law, rule or regulation concerning the parking, stopping, or standing of motor vehicles, or the failure to comply with a local law, rule or regulation as documented by a photo violation-monitoring system, has been violated.

b. On or before September 30 of each year, the department shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council and post on its website a report on the parking violations bureau. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information with respect to the previous fiscal year:

1. The number of parking violations and camera violations issued, disaggregated by violation code and, for the five license plate types that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year, by license plate type, as well as the combined results for all other license plate types;

2. The total dollar amount of fines issued as a result of such issued parking violations and camera violations, disaggregated by violation code and, for the five license plate types that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year, by license plate type, as well as the combined results for all other license plate types;

3. The number of parking violation and camera violation fines paid within 30 days, paid after more than 30 days but within 60 days, paid after more than 60 days but within 90 days, and unpaid within 90 days, of a fine for such violation being issued, disaggregated by license plate type for the five license plate types that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year as well as the combined results for all other license plate types;

4. The total dollar amount of payments the department collected for parking violations and camera violations, disaggregated by violation code and, for the five license plate types that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year, by license plate type, as well as the combined results for all other license plate types, and further disaggregated by base fine, penalty, and interest;

5. The number of hearings held for the adjudication of one or more parking violations, camera violations, or both, disaggregated by hearing type;

6. The average number of days between the date a person who pled not guilty to a parking violation or a camera violation and requested an in-person hearing and the date of such hearing;

7. The average number of days between the date of a hearing and the date a decision on such hearing is issued, disaggregated by hearing type;

8. The number of parking violations and camera violations and the total dollar amount of fines that were dismissed after a hearing, disaggregated by hearing type and by violation code;

9. The number of appeals filed challenging the result of a parking violation or camera violation hearing, disaggregated by violation code for the ten violation codes that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year as well as the combined results for all other violation codes, and further disaggregated by hearing type;

10. The number of parking violations and the total dollar amount of fines that were dismissed after an appeal had been filed, disaggregated by violation code for the ten violation codes that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year as well as the combined results for all other violation codes, and further disaggregated by original hearing type; and

11. For any program of the department that allows for the payment of a reduced fine for parking violations by waiving a right to a hearing:

(a) The number of participants in each such program;

(b) The number of parking violations and camera violations issued to participants in each such program and the total dollar amount of fines imposed as a result of such parking violations, disaggregated by violation code for the ten violation codes that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year as well as the combined results for all other violation codes;

(c) The total dollar amount of the reduction of fines issued for parking violations and camera violations attributed to each such program, disaggregated by violation code for the ten violation codes that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year as well as the combined results for all other violation codes; and

(d) The total dollar amount of payments the department collected for parking violations and camera violations in each such program, disaggregated by violation code for the ten violation codes that received the most parking violations and camera violations during the previous fiscal year as well as the combined results for all other violation codes.

c. The report required by subdivision b of this section shall include a data dictionary for the violation codes in the report.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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