City Council to tweak muni-meters to give drivers a break
Muni-meters will be reprogrammed to fix a few kinks that have frustrated drivers parking on local streets, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced May 1.
Councilman David Greenfield (D-Borough Park-Bensonhurst-Midwood) and Council Transportation Committee Chairman James Vacca (D-Bronx) joined Quinn at a press conference on a Manhattan street to announce new legislation to be introduced on May 8 to adjust muni-meters to make life easier for drivers.
Under the bill, the meters will automatically shut off and not accept payment at times when drivers are not required to pay for parking at that location. The meters will also be programmed to not accept payment when they are out of the paper needed to print receipts.