New York, NY – Bloomberg Calls for Amnesty Program on $700 Million Unpaid Tickets
- September 29, 2009 - י"א תשרי תש"ע
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New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg wants to make life a little easier for New York drivers.
In a plan unveiled exclusively on the Daily News’ Op-Ed page today, he calls for smart parking meters that can tell drivers when a space is empty, take payment from a cell phone instead of a handful of quarters and send an alert when time is about to expire.
The mayor said he will explore eliminating the $2 fee to pay parking tickets by credit card, as well as an amnesty program to get some of the $700 million the city is owed from old tickets.
The Department of Transportation will also continue reducing alternate-side-parking hours in some neighborhoods, from twice-a-week, three-hour chunks to 90 minutes once a week.
And Bloomberg even took a stand for drivers in their endless battle with the ticket-writers.
“While most of our traffic enforcement agents are courteous and professional, we are always working to improve customer service,” Bloomberg wrote.
“We will increase sensitivity training for all traffic enforcement agents.”
That’s a shift for the mayor, who has staunchly defended traffic agents against claims of overzealous ticketing and backed a plan to toll cars entering Manhattan.
A spokeswoman for city Controller William Thompson, who is challenging the mayor in the November election, accused Bloomberg of pandering for votes.
“New Yorkers will see through this latest stunt,” said Thompson spokeswoman Anne Fenton.
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