Int. No. 265
By Council Members Michels, Duane, Linares and Fusco; also Council Members Fisher, Foster, Lasher, Leffler, McCaffrey, O'Donovan, Povman and Reed.
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 after certain Jewish holidays.
Be it enacted by the council as follows:
Section one. Section 19-163 of title l9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended to read as follows:
§19-163 Holiday suspensions of parking [regulations] rules.
a. All alternate side of the street parking [regulations] rules shall be suspended on the following religious holidays: Christmas, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Good Friday, Ascension Thursday, Feast of the Assumption, Feast of All Saints, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, first two days of Succoth, Shimini Atzareth, Simchas Torah, Shevouth, Orthodox Good Friday, first two and last two days of Passover and all state and national holidays.
b. Each year, as soon as possible after the days of observance of the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha have been fixed pursuant to religious law and tradition, the commissioner shall designate the three days applicable to each of the aforementioned holidays as days upon which alternate side of the street parking [regulations] rules shall be suspended.
c. Where any of the following religious holidays occur on a Friday, alternate side of the street parking rules shall also be suspended on the next day: Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, first two days of Succoth, Shimini Atzareth, Simchas Torah, Shavooth and the first two and last two days of Passover.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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