S 5888: Authorizes a parking permit system for park-and-rides in the borough of Staten Island in the city of New York; requires residents of Staten Island to receive a permit free of charge and out-of-state residents to pay an annual fee for such permit.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5888 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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, in relation to parking permit systems for park-and-rides on Staten Island The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1640-t to read as follows: 3 § 1640-t. Parking permit systems for park-and-rides on Staten Island. 4 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the city 5 of New York may, by adoption of a local law or ordinance, provide for a 6 parking permit system for park-and-rides and fix and require the payment 7 of fees applicable to parking within the area in which such parking 8 system is in effect in accordance with the provisions of this section. 9 2. Such parking permit systems for park-and-rides shall only be estab- 10 lished within the borough of Staten Island for park-and-rides located 11 within such borough. 12 3. Residents of Staten Island shall receive a permit free of charge 13 and out-of-state residents shall pay an annual fee for such permit. 14 4. The local law or ordinance providing for such permit systems shall: 15 (a) set forth the factors which necessitate the enactment of such 16 permit system; 17 (b) provide that motor vehicles registered pursuant to section four 18 hundred four-a of this chapter shall be exempt from any permit require- 19 ment; 20 (c) provide the times of the day and the days of the week during which 21 permit requirements shall be in effect; 22 (d) provide the schedule of fees to be paid for the parking permits; 23 and 24 (e) provide that such fees shall be credited to the general fund of 25 the city. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08724-01-5 
 S. 5888 2 1 5. No local law or ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to this section 2 until a public hearing thereon has been had in the same manner as 3 required for public hearings on a local law pursuant to the municipal 4 home rule law. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.