Dash,
It’s unclear from your post if you are trying to contradict me or not. Assuming your quote of former Mayor Giulianis ia accurate, you should be aware that what you quoted and what the law itself says are two different things and it is the law that governs.
From the Administrative Code of the City of New York:
“19-162.2 Permissible parking for emergency ambulance service vehicles operating for volunteer ambulance services
a. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
1. “volunteer emergency medical technician” shall mean an individual
who meets the minimum requirements established by regulations pursuant
to section three thousand two of the public health law and who is
responsible for the administration or supervision of initial emergency
medical care and transportation of sick or injured persons and who
performs such services without the receipt or expectation of monetary
compensation.
2. “volunteer ambulance service” shall mean a registered or certified
volunteer ambulance service as defined in section three thousand four of
the public health law.
3. “emergency ambulance service vehicle” shall mean a vehicle which is
an appropriately equipped motor vehicle owned or operated by an
ambulance service as defined in section three thousand one of the public
health law and used for the purpose of transporting emergency medical
personnel and equipment to sick or injured persons and which is
transporting a certified first responder.
4. “certified first responder” shall mean an individual who meets the
minimum requirements established by regulations pursuant to section
three thousand two of the public health law and who is responsible for
administration of initial life saving care of sick and injured persons.
b. The commissioner shall issue an annual on-street parking permit for
a vehicle authorized by a volunteer ambulance service to operate as an
emergency ambulance service vehicle. The volunteer ambulance service
shall submit an application for each permit requested on such form as
the commissioner shall determine and shall certify that the permit is
necessary for the performance by a volunteer emergency medical
technician of his or her duties on behalf of that volunteer ambulance
service.
c. The volunteer ambulance service shall specify the requested
geographic territory for each permit, which may not exceed the primary
operating territory listed on the department of health and mental
hygiene ambulance service registration or certification pursuant to
section three thousand four of the public health law.
d. Such parking permit shall only be used for the purpose of parking a
specified emergency ambulance service vehicle where parking is
prohibited by sign or rule, and only while such vehicle is on standby
for use by a volunteer emergency medical technician to respond to
medical emergencies.
e. The license plate number of the vehicle and the name, address and
telephone number where the volunteer ambulance service can be reached
shall be written on the face side of the permit.
f. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such parking permit
shall not authorize the parking of a motor vehicle in a bus stop, a
taxi-stand, within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, a fire zone, a
driveway, a crosswalk, a no stopping zone, a no standing zone, or where
the vehicle would be double-parked.
g. Any misuse of such permit shall be sufficient cause for revocation
of said permit.
h. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no vehicle bearing an
annual on-street parking permit issued pursuant to this section may be
towed when such vehicle is being used in accordance with the purpose for
which such permit was issued, except in public safety emergencies to be
determined by the police department.”
Please note specifically the provisions of Paragraph d:
d. Such parking permit shall only be used for the purpose of parking a specified emergency ambulance service vehicle where parking is prohibited by sign or rule, and only while such vehicle is on standby for use by a volunteer emergency medical technician to respond to medical emergencies.
When the word “standby” is used, it does not mean 24/7/365. Few people in this world are always on standby. But, as I said before, if you believe I am in error, why not write the DOT Authorized Parking Bureau and ask them if you have the right to break the parking rules any time you wish?
You will note that thislaw requires the permit holder to be capable of rendering “initial life saving care of sick and injured persons.”