NYC to set aside parking spots for electric vehicle charging

New York City will remove 100 parking spots in the coming months to make way for charging stations for electric cars, officials said Thursday.

The city plans to install the curbside charging stations by October as part of a four-year “demonstration” intended to encourage and facilitate electric vehicle adoption, the Department of Transportation said in a press release. “With sales of EVs at record levels, now is the time to develop a robust, convenient and publicly-accessible charging network so that more New Yorkers can go electric,” DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman said.