File #: Int 1822-2019    Version: * Name: Directing the commissioner of investigation to investigate the misuse of city-issued parking permits.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Oversight and Investigations
On agenda: 12/10/2019
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to directing the commissioner of investigation to investigate the misuse of city-issued parking permits
Sponsors: Eric A. Ulrich
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Investigation to launch a citywide investigation into the issuance and distribution of parking placards by City agencies, and their use or misuse, over the course of fiscal year 2020. The investigation will conclude with a comprehensive report to the Speaker of the Council detailing its findings and including recommendations for addressing placard abuse.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1822, 2. Int. No. 1822, 3. December 10, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-10-19, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 10, 2019

Int. No. 1822

 

By Council Member Ulrich

 

A Local Law in relation to directing the commissioner of investigation to investigate the misuse of city-issued parking permits

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this local law, the term “city-issued parking permit” means a document, card or sticker issued by a city agency that is displayed in or on a motor vehicle that indicates authorization to park in certain areas during certain times.

§ 2. The commissioner of investigation shall investigate, review, study, audit and make recommendations relating to the issuance, use and misuse of city-issued parking permits during the 2020 fiscal year, with the goal of ensuring that such parking permits are issued and used in accordance with law.

§ 3. The investigation shall include, but need not be limited to, a review of each agency’s process for issuing permits, including an analysis of any standards of eligibility for a city-issued parking permit, the distribution of  city-issued parking permits and any agency-specific policies or procedures in place to address misuse of city-issued parking permits

§ 4. The commissioner of investigation shall submit a report to the speaker of the council detailing the findings of the investigation and providing comprehensive recommendations for addressing the misuse of city-issued parking permits. The commissioner of investigation shall submit such report to the speaker of the council no later than September 28, 2020.

§ 5. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

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