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Int 0100-2024

Suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Losar.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2024-02-08Local Law 2025/012

Enacted as Local Law 2025/012.

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Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2025-02-22Enacted: 2025-02-22

Summary

This bill would suspend alternate side parking regulations on Losar. Losar is defined as the first day of the first month of the Tibetan lunar calendar.

Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMass transportation agencies and facilities, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction and matters related to infrastructure projects within New York City.

How it compares

10% of similar bills passed

5 passed · 45 died

This bill: 349 days in committee

Similar bills: median 605 days · 237 days when passed

Sponsors (40)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-09-27 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-09-27 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-01-23 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-01-23 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-01-23 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-01-23 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-02-22 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-02-24 · City Council

Votes (9)

Aye (8)
Chris BanksSelvena N. Brooks-PowersAmanda C. FaríasFarah N. LouisMercedes NarcisseJoann Ariola Carmen N. De La RosaJulie Won
Absent (1)
Carlina Rivera

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2025-01-23 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2025-01-23 · 9:30 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2024-09-27 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (18)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivisions a and c of section 19-163 of the administrative code of the city of New York, subdivision a of such section as amended by local law number 162 for the year 2023 and subdivision c of such section as amended by local law number 5 for the year 2019, are amended to read as follows: a. All alternate side of the street parking rules shall be suspended on the following holidays: Christmas, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension Thursday, Feast of the Assumption, Feast of All Saints, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, first two days of Succoth, Shemini Atzareth, Simchas Torah, Shevuoth, Purim, 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, the day before Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year, Losar, the Hindu festival of Diwali on the day that Lakshmi Puja is observed, Three Kings' Day, Tisha B'Av, and all state and national holidays. c. [The] For purposes of subdivision a of this section, the date of the Lunar New Year [shall be] is the first day of the second lunar month after the winter solstice in the preceding calendar year. � 2. Section 19-163 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows: d. For purposes of subdivision a of this section, the date of Losar is the first day of the first month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. � 3. This local law takes effect immediately. RL LS #15244 1/8/2024 2:10 PM 1 2