Int. No. 420-A
By Council Members Brewer, Addabbo, Clarke, Gerson, Gonzalez, Jennings, Liu, Nelson, Palma, Stewart, Weprin, Yassky, Jackson and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the suspension of alternate side of the street parking rules on the Hindu festival of Diwali.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section one. Subdivision a of section 19-163 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
§ 19-163 Holiday suspensions of parking rules. a. All alternate side of the street parking rules shall be suspended on the following holidays: Christmas, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Thursday, Feast of the Assumption, Feast of All Saints, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, first two days of Succoth, Shemini Atzareth, Simchas Torah, Shevuoth, Purim, Orthodox Holy Thursday, Orthodox Good Friday, first two and last two days of Passover, the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year, the Hindu festival of Diwali on the day that Lakshmi Puja is observed, and all state and national holidays.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately after its enactment into law.