Parking Placards
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Placard Abuse, Construction Dysfunction, and Hit-and-Runs May End Up in the Crosshairs of a Ritchie Torres Investigation
Torres chairs the City Council's new investigative committee, and he's bristling with ideas to put it to good use.
February 13, 2018
De Blasio’s Zeal for Fare Enforcement Doesn’t Extend to People Who Steal Street Space to Park Illegally
The mayor says repeat turnstile jumpers should be arrested to prevent widespread fare evasion. But you can steal curb space or abuse a parking placard repeatedly and never go to jail.
February 9, 2018
These Are the Pols That Get Parking Placards From City Hall (and Those That Don’t)
Who are de Blasio's chosen ones? Many are city electeds you'd expect to receive parking perks, but there were a few noteworthy additions and exceptions.
January 12, 2018
State Senator Marty Golden, Flashing Parking Placard and Threatening Arrest, Bullies Cyclist Out of His Car’s Way
In Albany, Golden is one of the chief obstructionists of expanding New York City's speed camera program, which is impervious to placard corruption and has flagged the same car he was riding in last night for several violations over the past few years.
December 12, 2017
Serial City Parking Permit Abuser Snagged by Streetsblog Placard “Crackdown” Smackdown
After Streetsblog published photos of a Human Resources Administration employee repeatedly stowing a city-owned vehicle in no parking zones in Inwood, the agency says it has taken action.
December 7, 2017
If de Blasio Was Serious About Ending Placard Abuse, This Serial Parking Violator Would Have Stopped By Now
A placard abuser can be publicly shamed into abandoning an illegal parking spot, but the same vehicle owner will keep using the perk illegally somewhere else. Without real enforcement and a reduction in placards, it's just whack-a-mole.
December 4, 2017
No Evidence of de Blasio’s Placard “Crackdown” on Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn
Placard-abusing government employees make the Adams Street bike lane an obstacle course, just as they did 15 years ago.
November 16, 2017
NYC Cedes Newly Upgraded Inwood Crosswalk to Placard-Abusing City Employees
The situation at the Inwood crosswalk shows how the placard system is directly at odds with DOT safety projects.
October 18, 2017
Hooray for Placard Fraud Busts — Now When Will de Blasio Address the Real Problem?
Much more common than a detailed forgery are parking violations committed with real placards, or the use of informal signifiers of authority to scare away enforcement agents.
October 4, 2017
Placard Abusers Gravitate to Upgraded Inwood Crosswalk as Soon as the Stripes Are Dry
This is just one example of how placards directly undermine DOT's street safety projects, which often rely on low-cost methods, like striping, that are easily circumvented by placard holders.
October 3, 2017
