S 5845: Provides that vehicles with permits for handicapped parking issued anywhere in the state may use all spaces for handicapped parking in the city of New York.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5845 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the New York city char- ter, in relation to permitted use of handicapped spaces in the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1203-a of 2 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 298 of the laws of 3 2007, is amended to read as follows: 4 The commissioner shall distribute special vehicle identification park- 5 ing permits to the governing bodies of all cities, towns and villages in 6 the state. Notwithstanding any local law or ordinance to the contrary, 7 such permits shall entitle any vehicle displaying such permit to park in 8 any area in any city, town or village of the state which has been desig- 9 nated by such city, town or village or pursuant to the provisions of 10 section twelve hundred three-c of this article as a place for parking 11 for persons with disabilities. Such permits shall entitle any vehicle 12 displaying such permit to park in the authorized parking spaces for 13 vehicles having a special identification permit as described in subpara- 14 graph (f) of paragraph fifteen of subdivision a of section twenty-nine 15 hundred three of the New York city charter. The design, period of valid- 16 ity, and procedures for reissuance of such permits shall be as deter- 17 mined by the commissioner. A city, town or village issuing a permit 18 pursuant to this subdivision or subdivision three of this section shall 19 indelibly inscribe or otherwise mark, on the face of such permit, the 20 last three digits of the identification number of the driver's license 21 or non-driver identification card of the person to whom the permit is 22 issued. The governing bodies of cities, towns and villages in the state 23 shall appoint an issuing agent to issue such permits. Any person issued 24 a permit pursuant to this section who holds a driver's license or non- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02505-01-5 
 S. 5845 2 1 driver identification card shall make the last three digits of such 2 license or identification card available to an issuing agent at the time 3 of permit issuance or renewal by presenting such license or identifica- 4 tion card to such issuing agent. Any person issued a permit pursuant to 5 this section who holds a driver's license or non-driver identification 6 card shall carry and make available to a law enforcement officer upon 7 demand, or as soon as practicable thereafter, his or her driver's 8 license or non-driver identification card which shall be presumptive 9 evidence of the validity of his or her special vehicle identification 10 parking permit. Failure to make available such driver's license or non- 11 driver identification card upon demand shall not be deemed a violation. 12 The permits shall be issued to: 13 § 2. Paragraph 15 of subdivision a of section 2903 of the New York 14 city charter is amended by adding a new subparagraph (f) to read as 15 follows: 16 (f) A special vehicle identification parking permit issued pursuant to 17 this paragraph shall entitle any vehicle displaying such permit to park 18 in any area in any city, town or village of the state which has been 19 designated by such city, town or village or pursuant to the provisions 20 of section twelve hundred three-c of the vehicle and traffic law as a 21 place for parking for persons with disabilities as described in the 22 opening paragraph of subdivision one of section twelve hundred three-a 23 of the vehicle and traffic law. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.