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Oh, New York Post, you certainly do know how to make a Gothamist smile on a Sunday morning afternoon don't you? The secret? Just revisit one of our pet issues, in this case the city's snail-pace in fazing out the controversial Sunday 'pay to pray" parking signs.
The City Council voted 41-3 to stop collecting money from parking meters on Sundays way back in July of last year. That vote was vetoed by Bloomie as being "fiscally irresponsible," but the Council didn't listen and just overruled his veto. As such we've theoretically had free parking on Sundays since November.
But you wouldn't be able to tell it from the signs around the city. According to the Post, of the 15,062 Sunday parking signs in the city only 5,137 of them have been modified. That's all of the signs in The Bronx and Staten Island but only 57 in Brooklyn (of 3, 520) and 1,675 in Manhattan (of 4,711). A DoT spokesman says that it should have all of the signs fixed by the end of the year but in the meantime if "people would rather put 25 cents in the meter just in case than get a $100 fine, that's just the way it is."
Of course if you really want to take matters into your own hands, you could just buy your own custom sign from the DoT.
Photo detail from krypto's flickr stream.
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Does anyone know if Synagogue parking is free on Saturdays? Or if in religious Jewish neighborhoods, if there is any special parking rules for Sabbath observers who do not drive on Saturday?
I know the city suspends alternate side of the street parking for all Jewish Holidays and all major religious holidays for all denominations.
Thanks,
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What is special about Sunday in the absence of Christianity? The answer is nothing and metered parking should be the same on Sunday as on any other day. If people want to pray, that's their business, not the state's (city's).
If you want a day without parking fees, make it Tuesday -- no religious significance; separation of church and state is maintained.
I really, really hope this picture is a reference to the show "Amen."