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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
CAR CULTURE 101: ‘We Need New Station Houses Because of NYPD’s Illegal Parking,’ Communities Say
The antidote to illegal cop parking? Why, more parking, of course, say many community boards.
May 4, 2022
Queens Senior Dies from Injuries After Being Hit by Driver on Northern Boulevard
A senior citizen who was struck by a reckless driver on a parking-lot-filled Queens street has died of her wounds — and the driver remains uncharged.
May 3, 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
Friday’s Headlines: Streetsblog Gets Action Edition
We finally got the NYPD to remove a long-abandoned neighborhood eyesore in Flatbush. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
April 29, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: The Car that Never Moves Yet Endangers Pedestrians (And is of No Concern to the NYPD)
There's a broken-down car on Ocean Parkway that has not moved since at least July, 2020. Yet it's only been ticketed three times, despite more than 30 complaints to 311. Oh, and it has an NYPD vest on the dashboard. Herein lies a great yarn.
April 28, 2022
NYPD’s Lackluster Enforcement Against Reckless Drivers Continued in Second Month of Supposed Crackdown
Remember that much-ballyhooed crackdown on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians — the one Streetsblog debunked last month? Well, it's even more debunkable.
April 28, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: We FOIL Stuff, Too Edition
Following up on a fellow reporter's scoop, we have more news about defaced plates. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
April 27, 2022
Mayor Says He’ll Act on Reckless Drivers, But Leaves Out the ‘How’
HIzzoner said he would use his octopine enforcement arms to "find [reckless drivers] proactively, and get them off the streets." Details, however, have not been provided.
April 27, 2022
EXCLU: Council Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year
Do as I say, not as I do.
April 26, 2022
