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School Illegally Uses Parking Spots for Students' Chauffeurs, Locals Say By Emily Frost UPPER WEST SIDE

— Residents claim that Bentley-driving chauffeurs for private school students have illegally taken over parking spaces on their block — and they're pushing to reclaim the spots before the beginning of next school year. Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School had the the Department of Transportation quietly convert three spaces on West 93rd Street from alternate-side parking to "no standing during school hours" last August without any input from locals, residents said. The spaces are used extensively for student drop-offs, pickups and even full parking, locals said, including by hired drivers that the school has acknowledged regularly chauffeur students to and from campus. The spots are also used for delivery vehicles without getting ticketed, while those with no school affiliation receive citations, they claimed.

"We really, really don’t think the school is just entitled to do whatever they want," said West 93rd Street resident Matt Dixon, who said he had a petition signed by 75 people calling on the DOT to return the spots to the public by next school year.

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