Parking Placards
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CITY HAUL: Four Corrections Officers Busted — And Suspended — in Fake Placard Scam
What's a lifetime of free parking apparently worth? Less than $300.
December 8, 2020
‘Honest Mistake’? Brooklyn DA Detective Offers Poor Excuse for the Kind of Illegal Parking that Kills Cyclists
Of all the people to park in a bike lane!
November 23, 2020
Pol Introduces Bill To Let Citizens Report Placard Abuse — And Win Cash!
Wouldn't it be great to make a citizen's arrest for placard abuse? Councilman Steve Levin of Brooklyn might just get you paid, too!
November 19, 2020
What a Surprise: NYPD Breaks Law By Not Investigating Placard Abuse
The city's latest failure to crack down on illegal placard parking can be fully laid on the NYPD, which has broken the law by not evaluating placard abuse hotspots and turning the evidence over to the Department of Investigation.
October 2, 2020
It Has Taken Months, But City DOI Finally Nabs a City Employee for Placard Abuse
The Department of Investigation arraigned a high-level city employee for using a fake placard — one of, um, one city employees criminally busted for doing what many city employees and residents do every day.
September 30, 2020
Mayor Finally Just Says It: Fighting Placard-Abusing City Employees is ‘Not a Priority Right Now’
"Wait 'til next year," the Brooklynite mayor says (just like Dodger fans of old!).
September 15, 2020
Mayor Won’t Stop Teachers From Parking on School Playgrounds
"It really depends on the school," he tells NY1.
August 26, 2020
Survey Says: School Outdoor Space is Limited — By Cars!
"Cars parked in schoolyards are a symptom of how we’ve surrendered our city to automobiles," says one activist.
August 21, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Steve Levin Takes on the Placard Class Edition
Placard perps are on notice (you know, like the time before and the time before that). Plus all the other news.
August 14, 2020
BUSINESS AS USUAL: Mayor, NYPD Promised To Evict Cops from Harlem Bus Stop — But Nothing Has Changed
Is this really so difficult?
August 12, 2020
