Council to vote on parking meter grace period

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Council on Monday is expected to vote on a bill calling for a special grace period for parking meters.

If passed, the bill would create a five minute grace period before drivers are given a parking ticket.

The proposed law would also cover alternate-side parking.

Ticketing has increased significantly under the Bloomberg administration.

In 2008, New York City collected nearly 596-million dollars in parking fines.

It's estimated the city will collect nearly 690-million dollars in fines this year.

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