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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
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
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
‘Vicious Cycle of Stupidity’ as Cops Clog Up Frederick Douglass Boulevard
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to .... be cops.
August 10, 2020
City To End Parking at Brooklyn Borough Hall — Once The Beep Leaves Office
The Parks Department has finally lowered the boom — well, sort of. Parking will be banned starting in 2022, after Borough President Eric Adams leaves office.
January 23, 2020
Entitled Car Owners Win Battle in Upper West Side War on Ultimate Perk: Free Parking
Mere mention of alternatives to "free parking" sets off hysteria at a community board meeting.
December 4, 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
Free Parking Isn’t Free — But Upper West Side Car Owners Want To Keep It That Way
Entitled drivers bristle at a community board forum that envisions better uses for public space than car storage.
October 30, 2019
