Int 0903-2001

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section one. Section 19-163 of the administrative code of the city of New York is 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, Holy Thursday, 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, Shevuoth, Orthodox Holy Thursday, Orthodox Good Friday, first two and last two days of Passover, the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha, Asian Lunar New Year, 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. The date of the Asian Lunar New Year shall be the first day of the second lunar month after the winter solstice in the preceding calendar year. �2. This local law shall take effect as soon as it is enacted into law. MBS-3/20/01 LS#4045