Results tagged “munimeter”

Mayor Bloomberg says that if the City Council's planned five-minute grace period for parking violations goes into effect, there will be "chaos" on the streets. Based on this Daily News article, that already seems to be the case — and the law isn't even on the books yet.

Earlier this week, the City Council passed a bill to add a five-minute grace period for drivers in certain no parking zones, such as alternate side parking regulations and expired Muni-Meters. Amid debate about the bill's worthiness, Mayor Bloomberg vowed to veto the legislation, saying "The five-minute grace period is only going to lead to chaos and enormous increases in the number of contested tickets, and in argument. Whose watch are you going to use?" Well, based on one Daily News reporter's experience, maybe it doesn't matter at all!

We don't know whether someone was in a rush to buy some last minute flowers or was just another of nearly 40% of New York City drivers who exceed the speed limit, but someone on Avenue A today did a bang-up job parking their car just outside the Exit 9 Gift Shop between East 4th and 5th Streets in the East Village.