New York Laws
Article 2-B - Adjudication of Parking Infractions
237 - Functions, Powers and Duties.

§ 237. Functions, powers and duties. The parking violations bureau
shall have the following functions, powers and duties:

1. To accept pleas to, and to hear and determine, charges of parking
violations and, except in a city with a population of one million or
more, abandoned vehicle violations;

2. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking
violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary fines and
penalties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed
fifty dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a
population of one million or more, violations committed in spaces where
stopping or standing is prohibited for which monetary penalties shall
not exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking violations
for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars;
and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population
of one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties shall
not be less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars for each abandoned vehicle violation; and (c) a city with a
population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to
two hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and up to five hundred
dollars for subsequent offenses within a six month period for
tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers
parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;

3. To adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with any applicable
provision of law to carry out the purposes of this article, including
but not limited to rules and regulations prescribing the internal
procedures and organization of the bureau, the manner and time of
entering pleas, the conduct of hearings, and the amount and manner of
payment of penalties;

4. To issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of persons to give
testimony at hearings and to compel the production of relevant books,
papers and other things;

5. To enter judgments and enforce them, without court proceedings, in
the same manner as the enforcement of money judgments in civil actions
in any court of competent jurisdiction or any other place provided for
the entry of civil judgment within the state of New York;

6. To compile and maintain complete and accurate records relating to
all charges and dispositions and to prepare complete and accurate
transcripts of all hearings conducted by the bureau and to furnish such
transcripts to the person charged at said person's own expense upon
timely request, and upon said person complying with the regulations of
the bureau;

7. To remit to the finance administrator, or other appropriate finance
officer, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, all monetary
penalties or fees received by the bureau during the prior calendar
month, along with a statement thereof, and, at the same time, to file
duplicate copies of such statement with the comptroller;

8. To answer within a reasonable period of time all relevant and
reasonable inquiries made by a person charged with a parking violation
or his attorney concerning the notice of violation served on that
person. The bureau must also furnish within a reasonable period of time
to the person charged on his request, and upon complying with the
regulations of the bureau, a copy of the original notice of violation
including all information contained thereon. Failure by the bureau to
comply with the provisions of this subdivision or any part of the
provisions of this subdivision, within forty-five days of such inquiry,
forwarded to the bureau by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, will result, upon the request of the person charged, in an

automatic dismissal of all charges relating to and only to that notice
of violation to which the inquiry was made;

* 9. To prepare and issue a notice of violation in blank to members of
the police department, the fire department, the traffic department and
to other officers as the bureau by regulation shall determine. The
notice of violation or duplicate thereof, when filled in and sworn to or
affirmed by such designated officers, and served as provided in this
article, shall constitute notice of the parking violation charged;

* NB Effective until December 1, 2024

* 9. To prepare and issue a notice of violation in blank to members of
the police department, the fire department, the traffic department and
to other officers as the bureau by regulation shall determine. The
notice of violation or duplicate thereof, when filled in and sworn to or
affirmed by such designated officers, and served as provided in this
article, shall constitute notice of the parking violation charged.

* NB Effective December 1, 2024

* 10. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in
accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chapter or
section eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter as added by section
sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which amended
this subdivision, if authorized by local law adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred eleven-a or pursuant to
subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred eleven-b as added by
section sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which
amended this subdivision;

* NB Effective until December 1, 2024

* 10. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in
accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter as added
by section sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which
added this subdivision, if authorized by local law adopted pursuant to
subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred eleven-b as added by
section sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which
added this subdivision.

* NB Effective and Repealed December 1, 2024

* 11. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll
collection regulations as defined in and in accordance with the
provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the
public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c
of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
fifty;

* NB Effective until July 1, 2028

* 11. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll
collection regulations as defined in and in accordance with the
provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the
public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c
of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred
fifty;

* NB Effective July 1, 2028

* 12. To adjudicate liability of owners in accordance with section
eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for violations of bus lane
restrictions as defined in such section;

* NB Effective until July 1, 2028

* 12. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of
this chapter.

* NB Effective July 1, 2028 until July 1, 2025

* 13. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of
this chapter.

* NB Effective until July 1, 2025

* 14. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in
accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, if
authorized by local law adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of such
section eleven hundred eleven-d.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2024

* 15. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in
accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter, if
authorized by local law adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of such
section eleven hundred eleven-e.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2024

* 16. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of section
eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with section
eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this chapter, if authorized by local
law adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred
seventy-four-a.

* NB Effective September 5, 2019 and Repealed December 1, 2024

* 16. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of
subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of
this chapter.

* NB Effective September 6, 2019 and Repealed September 6, 2024