S 948: Increases the maximum amount of fines for parking violations from fifty dollars to sixty-five dollars for a first violation, eighty-five dollars for a second parking violation, and one hundred dollars for each subsequent violation.
The proposed law aims to increase fines for various parking violations in New York. The law establishes a schedule of monetary fines for parking violations, with varying amounts depending on the type of violation and the location. For first-time offenders, the maximum fine is $65 for a parking ticket, $85 for a second offense, and $100 for each subsequent offense. In cities with a population of over one million, the maximum fine for a first offense is $150, and $200 for each subsequent offense. In cities with a population of over one million, there is also a provision for increased fines for tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers, and semi-trailers parked overnight in residential neighborhoods. The law also establishes a minimum fine for abandoned vehicle violations, which cannot be less than $250 nor more than $1,000. The proposed law takes effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 948 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, PERSAUD, CLEARE -- 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 increasing the fines for parking violations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 237 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 2. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking 5 violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary fines and penal- 6 ties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed [fifty] 7 sixty-five dollars for a first parking violation, eighty-five dollars 8 for a second parking violation, and one hundred dollars for each subse- 9 quent parking violation other than (i) in a city with a population of 10 one million or more, violations committed in spaces where stopping or 11 standing is prohibited for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one 12 hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking violations for which mone- 13 tary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars; and (b) aban- 14 doned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population of one 15 million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not be 16 less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars 17 for each abandoned vehicle violation; and (c) a city with a population 18 of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to two 19 hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and up to five hundred dollars 20 for subsequent offenses within a six month period for tractor-trailer 21 combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers parked over- 22 night on streets in residential neighborhoods; 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02984-01-5