Quaglione to DOT: Fix broken parking meters, remove old ones!
Drivers who try to park their cars on Bay Ridge’s shopping strips are often thwarted by busted muni-meters, according to a City Council candidate who wants the city to fix the problem.
John Quaglione, a Republican-Conservative candidate for Bay Ridge’s council seat against incumbent Democrat Vincent Gentile, said motorists are forced to waste time hunting for working muni-meters after they’ve parked their cars. In some cases, drivers have had to walk two blocks to find a meter that works, he said.
Quaglione, who has written to Brooklyn Transportation Commissioner Joseph Palmieri about the problem, said there’s a simple solution. He called on Palmieri to send more inspectors out onto the streets to make sure the muni-meters are in good working order and that the non-working meters are repaired as quickly as possible.