NEW YORK (PIX11) -- New York City's one-minute idling rule is expanding. Thanks to the Department of Environmental Protection, the rule now applies to vehicles parked near, across, or on the same block as schools and parks.
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This is a change to an original proposal to include more spaces. Vehicles can idle for up to three minutes in locations not covered by the one-minute rule.
The regulations hope to improve the problems of fumes and asthma in the city.