Assemblyman Dinowitz Demands Falsely-Issued Parking Tickets Be Dismissed

 a photo of a ticketed vehicle with the new signage taken on 12/21/15.

   After receiving complaints from several constituents, all of whom received parking tickets after parking in spaces with newly installed parking signs, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is calling for the tickets to be dismissed.

Recently, angled parking lines were painted on the southbound side of Fieldston Road on the overpass of the Henry Hudson Parkway, with no corresponding signage regarding the direction a motorist must pull in to a vacant space. Since then two parking signs have been installed requiring motorists to back in, resulting in many parking tickets being issued. Drivers have been pulling into parking spaces front end first and presumably over the weekend two new ‘Back-In 60° Parking Only’ signs were installed, resulting in almost every car parked there receiving a ticket. Moreover, because this parking area is not beholden to the city’s alternate side street parking regulations, many residents leave their vehicles for extended periods of time, meaning their vehicles may be subject to several days’ worth of fines before they go back to move them.

“The problem is that the Department Of Transportation failed to notify residents of the pending signage. My office has received several calls from residents who were ticketed, saying that the signs were installed after they had parked in the spots over the weekend,” said Assemblyman Dinowitz.  After visiting the location I found that there were indeed several cars parked front side first, all of which had parking tickets. While I am always supportive of creating more parking and making our streets safer, it is unacceptable that the DOT did not notify the community appropriately, nor was the Traffic Enforcement Officer on duty aware. I am demanding that these tickets be dismissed, and that in the future DOT takes the appropriate steps to notify the community of changing traffic and parking rules. Moreover, this is yet another example of the predatory traffic enforcement practices; there is no excuse for Traffic Enforcement Officers not being aware of recent and un-promulgated changes in local parking rules. I sincerely hope these tickets are dismissed and that these agencies are able to work better together in the future for the community.”After receiving complaints from several constituents, all of whom received parking tickets after parking in spaces with newly installed parking signs, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is calling for the tickets to be dismissed.

Recently, angled parking lines were painted on the southbound side of Fieldston Road on the overpass of the Henry Hudson Parkway, with no corresponding signage regarding the direction a motorist must pull in to a vacant space. Since then two parking signs have been installed requiring motorists to back in, resulting in many parking tickets being issued. Drivers have been pulling into parking spaces front end first and presumably over the weekend two new ‘Back-In 60° Parking Only’ signs were installed, resulting in almost every car parked there receiving a ticket. Moreover, because this parking area is not beholden to the city’s alternate side street parking regulations, many residents leave their vehicles for extended periods of time, meaning their vehicles may be subject to several days’ worth of fines before they go back to move them.

“The problem is that the Department Of Transportation failed to notify residents of the pending signage. My office has received several calls from residents who were ticketed, saying that the signs were installed after they had parked in the spots over the weekend,” said Assemblyman Dinowitz.  After visiting the location I found that there were indeed several cars parked front side first, all of which had parking tickets. While I am always supportive of creating more parking and making our streets safer, it is unacceptable that the DOT did not notify the community appropriately, nor was the Traffic Enforcement Officer on duty aware. I am demanding that these tickets be dismissed, and that in the future DOT takes the appropriate steps to notify the community of changing traffic and parking rules. Moreover, this is yet another example of the predatory traffic enforcement practices; there is no excuse for Traffic Enforcement Officers not being aware of recent and un-promulgated changes in local parking rules. I sincerely hope these tickets are dismissed and that these agencies are able to work better together in the future for the community.”