New Bill in the Works for Increasing Fines for Alternate-Side-Parking Violations

by M.C. Millman

A new bill to increase fines for alternate-side parking violations was introduced Thursday by Councilman Lincoln Restler.

Alternate-side-parking rules allow the city Sanitation Department to sweep streets regularly.

While the new bill leaves the initial fine for an alternate-side-parking violation at $65, subsequent fines issued within the same year would increase to $100 each and would result in having the car towed after the third ticket during the same year. The subsequent fines might have been even higher, but State law capped the increase at $100. 

"Despite hard work of NYC Sanitation," Restler explains the reasoning behind his bill on social media, "our streets aren't getting consistently cleaned because too many NYers decide it's cheaper to pay occasional ASP tickets than to park in a garage. We need to encourage car owners to do their part in keeping our streets clean and preventing rats."

But not everyone looks at the bill as a boon to strongarm increased compliance. 

"It's just another way to squeeze money out of New Yorkers who are only trying to get by," one resident shares with BoroPark24. 

If approved, the bill would go into effect 60 days later.