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Council Member Salaam inquires about decreasing parking enforcement rates
1:32:20
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Council Member Yusef Salaam raises concerns about the decreasing rates of parking summonses and vehicle towing by the NYPD. He cites data showing significant drops in enforcement actions between fiscal years 2021 and 2024.
- Salaam notes an increase in illegally parked vehicles citywide, including dangerous practices like blocking fire hydrants and crosswalks.
- He asks how the NYPD accounts for the decrease in parking enforcement and if there have been changes in staffing or policies contributing to fewer summonses being issued.
Yusef Salaam
1:32:20
Well, brings me to parking enforcement.
1:32:22
Data from recent years on NYPD enforcement shows similar decreases in the issuance of parking summonses while neighborhoods citywide have seen the increase an increasing prevalence of illegally parked vehicles including dangerous practices such as blocking access to fire hydrants, sidewalks, and crosswalks.
1:32:41
In fiscal year twenty four, the NYPD issued over 8,200,000 parking summonses and towed more than 4,141,000 vehicles, a significant decrease from fiscal year twenty one.
1:32:55
When the department issued over 9.4 parking summonses and towed more than 89,000 vehicles.
1:33:03
How does the does the NYPD account for decreasing rates of parking enforcement by the department and have there been any changes in the staffing of traffic enforcement agencies or other department policies that has contributed to fewer parking summons being issued?