A 1425: Provides that persons charged with a parking violation shall be able to make an electronic court appearance unless a locality elects not to permit electronic appearances.
The bill aims to modify the rules for parking violations in New York. It allows individuals to plead guilty or not guilty to parking violations either in person or through electronic appearance. The electronic appearance option provides an opportunity for individuals to confidentially consult with their attorney during the proceeding. The bill also requires that electronic appearances be recorded and that the physical appearance of a person charged with a parking violation may be dispensed with if they request an electronic appearance. The bill also updates the process for contests of parking violations, requiring that individuals be advised of the date on which they must appear, either in person or through electronic appearance, to answer the charge at a hearing. Failure to appear on the designated date will be deemed an admission of liability, and a default judgment may be entered. Th…
| May. 20, 2026 | reported referred to codes |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Jun. 09, 2025 | print number 1425a |
| Jun. 09, 2025 | amend (t) and recommit to transportation |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | referred to transportation |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1425 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, ALVAREZ, TAYLOR, RAGA, COLTON, JACOB- SON, SHIMSKY, GLICK, CHANG, WEPRIN, HEVESI, DAVILA, SEPTIMO, HAWLEY, HYNDMAN, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans- portation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to electronic appearances for parking violations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-a. To adopt rules and regulations prescribing electronic appearances 4 at hearings adjudicating parking violations; 5 § 2. Section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 6 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 7 3. Parking violations. A person charged with a parking violation may 8 enter a plea of not guilty, personally or through an authorized repre- 9 sentative, to obtain a hearing either in person or through electronic 10 appearance. Such plea may be entered in person at any parking violations 11 bureau office, via first-class mail or electronically on the bureau's 12 website. The parking violations bureau shall advise the party making the 13 plea through first class mail or electronically through email that the 14 hearing shall be conducted in the manner selected by the respondent or 15 their authorized representative. In all instances, the parking 16 violations bureau shall permit the electronic submission of documenta- 17 tion and evidence for all hearings, adjournment requests, and other 18 requests for information up until the date and time of such scheduled 19 hearing, and such submissions shall constitute a permanent record to be 20 maintained by the parking violations bureau for a minimum of eight years 21 and three months. Electronic signature and electronic notaries shall be 22 treated in the same manner as printed material and physical filings by a 23 respondent or their authorized representative or legal counsel shall not EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02077-01-5A. 1425 2 1 be required. A video recording shall be made contemporaneously with any 2 electronic appearance or hearing and may be introduced as evidence in 3 any future proceedings relating to such violation. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.