Records show that complaints related to parked cars that prevent fire rings in fire more than weakness since the beginning of the epidemic – as critics blame the boom on bicycles and even police shortages.
The number of calls was 311 on a banned sanding for years, with 11,886 reports in 2014 up to 64346 in 2020 to more than 100,000 every year, according to the analysis of the city's data from the post.
The data showed that 105,155 calls in 2021 – 63.4 % from the previous year, with the number continuing to rise to 127,751 in 2022 and 134,377 in 2023.
Last year, he witnessed a modest decline in complaints with 134,026 calls in total. Since January 1, there have already been nearly 18,000 calls this year.
Amazing numbers come after firefighters blamed the taps in times of late response to two deadly fire in Big Apple last week.
“We have seen two fires last week that led to the death of firefighters to ban the taps,” said Joan Ariola, a member of the Queens City Council, who drafs legislation to impose more severe penalties and automatic summonses.
“Every second is concerned when people's lives are at stake, and I believe that the legislation that makes sanctions higher and gives citizens the ability to report those who refuse to follow the law will be a great deterrent,” he added.
She said that one of the planned bill would increase the fine to ban a tap from $ 115 to $ 1,000. She added that another bill will allow users to provide 311 video clips for vehicles that prevent a fire tap, which leads to automatic summons for the car owner.
In a message to the city hall last week, a group of Ozone Park residents – blaming a “serious problem at the city level” for the shortage of a New York police officer, which “led to a slower enforcement of parking violations.”
“In some cases, by the arrival of the officers, the violating car had already left,” the message says. “This is unacceptable, and it has now led to the loss of potential spirits.”
According to statistics data, according to census data, according to census data, with 43.8 % of families with one or more vehicles in 2023, compared to 45.6 % in 2013.
Ariola office referred to the Ministry of Transport projects such as bicycle shelves and protected cycling corridors, which were claimed that parking lots in the town are because they contribute to high complaints.
A spokesman for the Ariola office told the “The Post”. “This is a very large increase [in complaints] … all parking lots are taken. “
The spokesman added that this introduction is 104 that was recently behaved, which requires the point of consultation with local fire before approval two corridors that should have been due to cycling. “
The point pushed this evaluation, as a representative indicated that there are approximately 3 million parking spaces in the city in the city. Dot open streets do not require removing any existing spaces.
“Protected bicycle lanes are an installed tool to save life that reorganize a small part of our group street space to make our roads safer for everyone-and no modern fires occur in Bronx or Brooklyn in the street Great of protected cycling corridors.
FDNY members also told the Ariola office that they should use a specialized hose when the car prevents a faucet.
Feelings were resonated in a new public service advertisement issued by FDNY days after a fatal fire on February 9 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn – which witnessed “delays” in the response of fire control after two cars replaced two closest to the fire, making it in the fire, It makes it more difficult for firefighters to deal with fire from the surface.
“It is illegal to stand 15 feet from fire fire,” said FDny. “Important seconds in the event of an emergency, and the prohibition of a faucet may delay the firefighters when responding.”
Days after the Brooklyn fire, firefighters faced the same case while they were fighting in a Buddhist temple in Bronx on Wednesday. The fire claimed two people, another reported.
The FDNY Robert S. Commissioner said. In a statement after the 37 -year -old Bay Ridge fire, “I beg to the population of New York in all five municipalities: Please do not leave your cars on the Sinkant.”
“This is a deadly fire, and there is no doubt that the cars that were parked on Senmart have slowed our members from engaging in firefighting tactics.”
