Going, going, gone! After just over two weeks, a controversial parking program that replaced free alternate-side-of-the-street parking with a new paid-parking app program with limited time is being rolled back by the city. The switch by the DOT earlier this month triggered a local uproar from angry drivers. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Rollback of Controversial Paid Parking Program on UWS that Triggered Uproar A controversial parking change that killed long-standing alternate-side-of-the-street parking on 14 blocks on the Upper West... News 28 Aug 2025 | 11:35
Free parking under the old alternate-side-of-the-street-parking rules have been replaced on some UWS streets between West 73rd and West 86th streets by a new phone-based app system that charges a fee and limits parking to three hours a day. City Council Member Gale Brewer said she is outraged by the new system as locals flood her office with complaints. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Brewer, CB7 Outraged by DOT’s Stealth Killing of Alternate Side Parking on Some UWS Streets In a scathing letter that City Council Member Gale Brewer sent to the DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, she said she wanted... News 22 Aug 2025 | 04:58
