The 5-minute grace period bill is the winner and new champion of Parking Ticket Land The 5-minute grace period bill soundly defeated Mayor Bloomberg. In other words, the NYC City Council voted overwhelmingly to override the Mayor’s veto and enacted the 5- minute grace period bill into NYC parking law The Bill will take effect […]
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NYC 5-Minute Grace Period Bill Vetoed by Mayor Bloomberg
The 5-minute grace period bill suffered a temporary setback The 5-minute grace period bill veto will be overridden. Mayor Bloomberg said the grace period bill would only “lead to chaos and enormous increases in the number of contested tickets, and an argument.” Robo-mayor is wrong. Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the “Grace Period” Bill yesterday, as expected. The […]
Can you afford to miss this broadcast about the 5-minute grace period?
Can you use a 5-minute grace period to pay for parking in a muni-meter zone? Sure. But what are the pros and cons of the 5-minute grace period? Are there really any cons for the driving public? Who wouldn’t want more time to walk to a muni-meter, pay for parking, return to their car and […]
3 Myths Debunked about the 5 Minute Grace Period
5-minute grace period parking ticket conundrums Joe called the other day and asked a great question. Does the 5-minute grace period apply to the beginning or the end of a rule change? For example: How to apply the 5-minute grace period to ASP Myth #1 debunked! How to apply the grace period rule to parking […]
3 Important things to know about the NYC Grace Period Bill
What sort of data supports the enactment of the NYC grace period bill? 28,000 NYC parking tickets were issued at the exact moment alternate side parking rule restrictions went into effect 276,000 parking tickets were issued within five minutes of the rule restrictions going into effect There used to be an informal grace period, but […]