Top Mamdani deputy mayor doesn’t rule out expanding metered parking to help close budget gap

First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top cabinet member, said on Thursday that a proposal to greatly expand metered and permitted parking is among possible revenue raisers the administration is considering to help close a sizable budget gap and fund its priorities.

Fuleihan, in response to an audience question during a March 5 event at New York Law School, did not rule out charging more New York City drivers to park on city streets, an idea floated by the Center for an Urban Future think tank in a policy paper last month.