However, the privacy-protection provisions in the proposed legislation merely track the language of the Commission’s report. This provision provides for (1) deletion of a vehicle’s identifying information once payment has been resolved, (2) establishment of procedures by which one could enter the congestion pricing zone by making an anonymous payment, and (3) deletion of vehicles’ identifying information from data used for research related to the congestion pricing system. The bill before the legislature includes a provision that seems intended to adopt the Commission’s recommended privacy protections. The proposed Traffic Mitigation Act, however, fails to provide adequate protections of personal privacy. Its final report recommended that the city “be required to take appropriate steps to protect the privacy of drivers, such as restrictions on the handling of vehicle data and the provision of an anonymous payment system.”
The Commission agrees with the NYCLU’s position. However, in public testimony presented before the New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission (the “Commission”) the NYCLU has stated that absent constraints upon the scope and operation of the video surveillance system, it could significantly undermine the personal privacy rights of New Yorkers. The NYCLU has taken no position on the concept of a congestion pricing plan for Manhattan’s central business district.
#Congestion pricing nyc code
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a congestion pricing program in the city of New York to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing a metropolitan transportation authority traffic congestion mitigation fund to amend the tax law, in relation to eliminating an exemption from the parking tax for certain residents of the city of New York to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing residential parking systems in the city of New York to amend the public officers law, in relation to confidentiality of certain public records to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a transit enhancement fund to amend the tax law, in relation to the congestion pricing fee credit and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.
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