NYC won’t refund drivers impacted by Y2K-like parking meter glitch

The city won’t toss tickets given to drivers while its parking meters can’t take credit cards due to a Y2K-like bug, officials said Monday.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Finance told T𓆉he Post that card-carrying motorists who encounter the glitch should just figure out a way to pay through a smart phone app or with coins.

“We apologize for the inconvenience to driveꦚrs, however there are a number of other ways to pay parking meters and ensure drivers do not receive a ticket,” DOF rep Marcy M꧋iranda said.

“NYC parking meters accept coins, and drivers can also pay using the ParkNYC app,” she said. “Drivers wishing to pay with a credit card can do so through the app.”

Anyone who wishes to dispute a parking violation may do so via the city’s website, Miranda added — but she wouldn’t say on what grounds they could have their tickets invalidated.

The Big Apple’s 14,000 meters stopped accepting cards Jan. 2, 2020 because their software was only configured to receive such payments up to Jan. 1, officials have said.

Workers are now scrambling to re-calibrate each meter one-by-one. As of Monday morning, 9,906 meters had been fixed, according to the Department of Transportation — around 71 percent. Officials say they are on track to fix every meter by Thursday.

“While this ‘Y2K2X’ software glitch was not of our making, we will continue our round-the-clock efforts to fix all the meters,” Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said in a statement.

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