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NYPD Says Cops Can Block Fire Hydrants With Personal Vehicles, Because They’re Cops
There's no such thing as authorized illegal parking. That's not how laws work.
August 6, 2018
Seven Reckless, Placard Abusing Drivers Who Can Speed With Impunity Starting Wednesday
While the presence of speed cameras literally saves lives, the absence of speed cameras will save some police officers money.
July 24, 2018
NYPD Street Cheats Paint Their Own Double-Parking Spaces Outside the 110th Precinct
Watch how NYPD has devoured every available square foot for car storage.
June 22, 2018
Street Cheats: The Public Space Theft We Take for Granted
Crosswalk parking is emblematic of how we've let motor vehicles saturate the curb until they encroach on spaces where they're not allowed.
June 12, 2018
Rogues’ Gallery of Street Cheats Endanger People Outside Inwood Park and Playground
An out-of-the-way no parking zone next to the Inwood Hill Park playground has become a hotbed of public space theft.
June 1, 2018
108th Precinct Cracks Down on Sidewalk Parking — NYPD Placard Holders Not Included
A year into Mayor de Blasio's "crackdown," cops and other placard-holding city employees know they can still leave their personal vehicles anywhere they damn well please.
April 20, 2018
Street Cheats: Police Hog Bus Stops and Crosswalks on Frederick Douglass Blvd
Scan the streets around any police building in New York, and you'll probably find officers parking their personal vehicles with flagrant disregard for the law. Case in point: NYPD Police Service Area 6 on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem.
March 23, 2018
Postal Service Street Cheats Double Park Personal Cars on Empire Boulevard Sidewalk
Placard abuse by postal workers is a daily occurrence at the James E. Davis post office in Crown Heights.
March 2, 2018
Street Cheats: The 13th Precinct Parks All Over the Second Ave Bus Lane
In the competition to immiserate the greatest number of bus-riding New Yorkers with city-issued parking placards, the 13th Precinct on the East Side of Manhattan gives the cops and court officers of downtown Brooklyn a run for their money.
March 1, 2018
Paging Mayor de Blasio — Fix Your Bus Lanes
If good bus service was a priority for de Blasio, City Hall wouldn't let NYPD vehicles and delivery trucks obstruct bus lanes all over the city.
February 26, 2018