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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
Op-Ed: To Break the Car Culture, Reduce the Number of Parking Spots
We must amend our land-use, zoning, and on-street-parking policies to eliminate spaces and curtail their creation — fostering a vision of a life centered around people, not cars.
August 21, 2019
Residential-Parking Permits: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
It's been tried all over the country, with some big hiccups. But parking management could succeed here. The key word is "could."
August 20, 2019
Op-Ed: Want Safe, Bikeable Streets? Get Rid of Free Parking, as Amsterdam Did
The city's $8-an-hour fees, residential permits, and limits to car ownership made it the world's bike capital. Is New York brave enough to try it?
August 6, 2019
Entitled Cops’ Car-Culture ‘Lifestyle’ on Display in Brooklyn
A note from the 68th Precinct excuses illegal parking because "public transportation [is] not a feasible option for their lifestyle."
July 19, 2019
