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NYPD Refuses to Release Parking Placard Records
The NYPD's reasons for shielding the records were nonsensical, one attorney said.
September 14, 2026
Friday’s Headlines: NYPD Placard Chaos Edition
It was been a rough day for New York's Finest. Plus more news.
March 6, 2026
Long-Awaited Placard Report Reveals Widespread Abuse by NYPD
The overdue report confirms years of Streetsblog reporting on placard abuse, illegal parking and enforcement failures by the police under two mayors.
April 3, 2024
GETTING AWAY WITH IT: License Plate and Placard Abuse is Rarely The Target of NYPD Discipline
When police are not subject to regulation, their vehicles become a powerful symbol of the depth of police impunity.
March 16, 2023
Manhattan Pol to NYPD: Follow the Law on Placard Misuse
Manhattan City Council Member Gale Brewer (inset) is the latest elected official to demand that the NYPD follow the law when it comes to cracking down on placard abuse by city workers including, mostly, cops.
May 5, 2022
CASE CLOSED: Another Look at How the NYPD Lies to Protect Placard Corrupted Cops
The NYPD lied on Monday to cover up the illegal actions of a Housing division cop — the latest of a growing number of incidents involving placard abusing officers and the epidemic of illegally defaced license plates.
May 2, 2022
NYPD Bombshell: New ‘All Agency’ Policy on Placard Abuse Coming Soon
The dying de Blasio administration will apparently make one last effort to curb illegal use of parking certificates.
December 17, 2021
#FAKECRACKDOWN: One Day After NYPD Towing, Placard Abusers are Back in Downtown Bklyn
Sisyphus, meet scofflaws.
November 18, 2021
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
The NYPD’s (Non-Existent) Placard Crackdown — By the (Astonishingly Low) Numbers
From July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020, the NYPD and the DOT issued just 2,444 placard abuse summonses — the equivalent of fewer than seven tickets a day across the entire city.
August 11, 2020