Upper West Side Group Lobbies For Resident Parking Permit System

Campaign volunteers hand out flyers to drivers while they’re sitting in their cars.

There’s a new advocacy group promoting the need for a citywide residential parking permit system. The campaign, NYC Resident Parking, is being led by retired Upper West Side attorney Renee Baruch. The goal is to have parking permits allocated to local residents by district, while also allowing street parking for retail and commercial business owners and their employees, according to a press release provided to ILTUWS.

“Virtually every city in the world has some form of a residential parking permit system,” said Baruch in the press release. “On the Upper West Side, we are now seeing an increasing number of cars with out-of-state license plates, largely for people with second homes claimed as…