Parking Placards
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Mayor May Expand New NYPD Placard Rules to Other Agencies
"If you are a city employee and you are violating the law, you're going to have a problem," Hizzoner said.
December 13, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Will Crack Down on Reckless Police Employees
Starting next year, NYPD officers and employees will lose their city-issued parking placard if they get too many camera-issued moving violation tickets.
December 12, 2019
Brooklyn Teachers to Placard Perp: Stop Stealing Our Stolen Parking!
"You should be ashamed of yourself for taking away spots from classroom teachers," the mimeographed page reads.
December 10, 2019
Op-Ed: Welcome Dermot Shea — Now, Carry Out the Council’s Placard Crackdown
It remains to be seen if new the NYPD Commissioner — who was sworn in on Sunday — will do what needs to be done.
December 1, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines: Happy Bikesgiving Edition
It's the pre-Thanksgiving rush — here are the day's headlines while the oven preheats!
November 27, 2019
Speaker Johnson: No, Really, This Time the City Will End Placard Abuse! (Or at Least Start to End it!)
If that sounds like a lot of hemming and hawing, ha ha, well, it is!
November 27, 2019
Brooklyn Beep Favors Women Employees Over Men in Illegal Parking
Sexism, paternalism, and corruption — such a wonderful Brooklyn combination!
September 4, 2019
Coming Tuesday: A Hot Mess at Borough Hall As Adams Addresses Placard Abuse
Borough President Adams says he wants to hear from the public about placard corruption. Fasten your seatbelts, people — it's going to be a bumpy ride!
August 30, 2019
Op-Ed: To Break the Car Culture, Reduce the Number of Parking Spots
We must amend our land-use, zoning, and on-street-parking policies to eliminate spaces and curtail their creation — fostering a vision of a life centered around people, not cars.
August 21, 2019
Scofflaws in Uniform Beware — The Placard Abuse Twitter Account is Back!
Twitter has unlocked the account — after it deleted a supposedly offensive tweet.
August 7, 2019
