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New York Should Tax Parking Spaces, Not Streets, to End Standoff

by tldrthelaw on 7/16/24, 4:01 PM with 7 comments

• by Kon-Peki on 7/16/24, 4:19 PM

  New York already taxes parking spaces:

  > The services of parking, garaging and storing motor vehicles within New York City are subject to the 4% state tax, the 6% New York City local tax, and the ⅜% Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (MCTD) tax (for a combined state and local rate of 10⅜%).

  > The borough of Manhattan has an additional 8% parking tax that applies unless the purchaser is a certified exempt resident (for a combined state and local rate of 18⅜%).

  https://www.tax.ny.gov/pubs_and_bulls/tg_bulletins/st/parkin...

  Maybe the tax rate should be increased? NYC would do well to adopt a system similar to the Chicago neighborhood parking zones for on-street parking:

  https://www.chicityclerk.com/city-stickers-parking/about-par...

  http://smartchicago.github.io/zone-parking/

• by coreyh14444 on 7/16/24, 6:15 PM

  There should be zero private cars on the island of Manhattan. Build giant park n ride structures in NJ/Bronx and Queens. And while we're at it, do that cool infill project to extend Battery Park.

• by litoE on 7/16/24, 4:36 PM

  February 1, 1971. I arrived in Manhattan from South America. On one of the streets (I forget which) there were several official-looking parking signs that read "Do Not Even THINK of Parking Here". Every time I've visited Manhattan since then I've looked for another one of those - never found another one.

• by downvotetruth on 7/16/24, 8:27 PM

  If the goal is to be the most progressive, it should not and rather tax land owners as much as necessary to balance the government's budget directly proportional to land value and get rid of building height restrictions.

• by beardyw on 7/16/24, 5:04 PM

  The now long standing congestion charge in London is specifically to support public transport and residents get a hefty discount.

  This article seems to miss the point by a mile.