File #: Int 0957-2024    Version: * Name: Discounted quarterly municipal parking field permits for seniors
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 6/6/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to discounted quarterly municipal parking field permits for seniors
Sponsors: Inna Vernikov
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a scheme offering discounted quarterly municipal parking field permits for older New Yorkers. To be eligible for the discount, an individual must be 62 years of age or older and have an annual gross income that is 50% or lower of the area median income.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 957, 2. Int. No. 957, 3. June 6, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 957

 

By Council Member Vernikov

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to discounted quarterly municipal parking field permits for seniors

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-162.6 to read as follows:

§ 19-162.6 Discounted city-issued quarterly municipal parking field permits. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings.

Area median income. The term “area median income” means the median family income for the area, as defined annually by the United States department of housing and urban development (HUD) for the New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area (FMRA), adjusted for the size of the household.

City-issued quarterly municipal parking field permit. The term “city-issued quarterly municipal parking field permit” means a permit issued on a quarterly basis by the department that indicates permission to park in a municipal parking field operated by the department.

Municipal parking field. The term “municipal parking field” means an off-street parking field, lot, garage or other off-street parking structure owned and operated by the department for public use.

b. Discounted city-issued quarterly municipal parking field permits. Parking rates for city-issued quarterly municipal parking field permits for municipal parking fields shall be reduced for persons 62 years of age or older with annual gross incomes of no more than 50 percent of the area median income. Such reduced rates shall be no greater than 50 percent of the highest parking rate charged for a city-issued quarterly municipal parking field permit.

c. Application. Each person applying for a discounted city-issued quarterly municipal parking field permit or for renewal thereof shall file an application in such form and detail as the commissioner may prescribe.

d. Approval. Upon the approval of an application submitted pursuant to subdivision c of this section, the department shall issue a discounted city-issued municipal parking field permit to the applicant that may only be used with the vehicle or vehicles identified on such application.

e. Transferability. Discounted city-issued municipal parking field permits shall not be transferrable to another individual, vehicle or vehicles if issued to a specific individual, vehicle or vehicles.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after becoming law.

 

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