By FREDRIC DICKER
June 20, 2008
ALBANY - Big Apple motorists who "block the box" at major intersections will be targeted by a massive new enforcement effort - and higher fines - under a bill given final approval yesterday by the Legislature.
The measure, backed by Mayor Bloomberg, changes blocking the box from a more serious moving violation, which can be ticketed only by cops and a small number of traffic-enforcement agents, to a category akin to illegal parking, which can be enforced by all 2,800 enforcement agents.
It also raises the fine for violating the new law to $115, compared to the previous $90.
The city expects the measure - which now goes to Gov. Paterson for final approval - to dramatically increase the number of tickets.
