Mayor Eric Adams has shelved the city’s controversial move to eliminate dozens of free parking spaces on the Upper West Side — after The Post revealed the situation and locals’ outrage over it.

The city Department of Transportation recently began requiring drivers to pay to park in 70 previously free spots on 16 blocks from West 73rd to West 86th streets in the tony Manhattan neighborhood.

Under the measure, vehicles parked along the targeted stretches of Central Park West and Columbus Avenue were required to pay $5 for the first hour and $8.25 if they stayed the allotted second hour from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day except Sunday. 3

The old rules allowed them to park all day and night for free, except for the 90 minutes that cars had to be moved twice a week for street cleaning

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