New York A 5623: Enacts the "New York State pedestrian right-of-way protection act"

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A05623 Summary:

BILL NOA05623 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRGray, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§125, 1202 & 1801, add §162, V & T L

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Enacts the "New York State pedestrian right-of-way protection act" which makes it an unclassified misdemeanor to stop, stand or park a vehicle in a pedestrian right-of-way.

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BILL NOA05623 

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02/18/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5623

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, GRAY, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
 "New York State pedestrian right-of-way protection act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York State pedestrian right-of-way protection act".
 3 § 2. Legislative purpose. It is the purpose of this act to enhance
 4 pedestrian safety and ensure Americans with Disabilities Act compliance
 5 by prohibiting the parking of vehicles in pedestrian right-of-ways.
 6 § 3. Section 125 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section
 7 3 of part XX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 § 125. Motor vehicles. Every vehicle operated or driven upon a public
 10 highway which is propelled by any power other than muscular power,
 11 except (a) electrically-driven mobility assistance devices operated or
 12 driven by a person with a disability, (a-1) electric personal assistive
 13 mobility devices operated outside a city with a population of one
 14 million or more, (b) vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks, (c)
 15 snowmobiles as defined in article forty-seven of this chapter, (d) all
 16 terrain vehicles as defined in article forty-eight-B of this chapter,
 17 (e) bicycles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred
 18 two-c of this article, and (f) electric scooters as defined in section
 19 one hundred fourteen-e of this article. For the purposes of title four
 20 of this chapter, the term motor vehicle shall exclude fire and police
 21 vehicles other than ambulances. For the purposes of titles four and five
 22 of this chapter the term motor vehicles shall exclude farm type tractors
 23 and all terrain type vehicles used exclusively for agricultural
 24 purposes, or for snow plowing, other than for hire, farm equipment,
 25 including self-propelled machines used exclusively in growing, harvest-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06680-01-5

 A. 5623 2

 1 ing or handling farm produce, and self-propelled caterpillar or crawl-
 2 er-type equipment while being operated on the contract site. For the
 3 purposes of subparagraph m of paragraph one of subdivision (a) of
 4 section one thousand two hundred two of this chapter, the term motor
 5 vehicle shall not include any motor vehicle weighing two hundred pounds
 6 or less.
 7 § 4. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 8 162 to read as follows:
 9 § 162. Pedestrian right-of-way. A designated path or area exclusively
 10 designed for pedestrian use, including but not limited to raised side-
 11 walks and pedestrian zones, without necessarily being physically sepa-
 12 rated from vehicular traffic.
 13 § 5. Subparagraph l of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1202
 14 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 206 of the laws of
 15 2020, is amended and a new subparagraph m is added to read as follows:
 16 l. In a space designated as provided in this subparagraph for the
 17 exclusive purpose of charging an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle
 18 charging station, unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle connected
 19 to such charging station. Provided, however, that an electric motor
 20 vehicle discon