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De Blasio Promises “Crackdown” on Parking Placard Abuse
Mayor de Blasio announced plans today to "crack down" on rampant parking placard abuse, one week after his administration granted tens of thousands of new placards to school employees.
May 24, 2017
The High Cost of Giving Away More Parking Placards
The decision last week to grant tens of thousands of new parking placards to teachers and other school personnel is classic Bill de Blasio: a freebie that’s not really free.
May 17, 2017
De Blasio’s Defense of Teacher Parking Perks Ignores Everything We Know About Placards
Mayor de Blasio doesn't see a problem with issuing tens of thousands of new parking placards to teachers and other school workers. His assertion runs contrary to years of documented evidence and the daily observations that pile up on Twitter -- a city placard is a license to park anywhere without fear of getting a ticket.
May 16, 2017
De Blasio Administration Volunteered to Hand Out Tens of Thousands of New Parking Placards
The de Blasio administration chose to reissue tens of thousands of parking placards to city school teachers, and was not forced to do so by an administrative law judge, according to the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents school principals.
May 12, 2017
Reversing Bloomberg Reforms, City Will Reissue Tens of Thousands of Teacher Parking Placards
Get ready for a lot more car traffic and illegal parking around New York City schools. The de Blasio administration is returning to a system that enables widespread abuse of parking privileges, with the Department of Education agreeing to hand out parking placards to any school employee who has a car and requests one, reversing reforms instituted during the Bloomberg administration.
May 11, 2017
4 Ways the Mayor Can Reduce Congestion Without Congestion Pricing
Mayor de Blasio's forthcoming congestion plan won't call for traffic pricing, but the mayor has plenty of other options to reduce traffic congestion. Here are four policies that would provide much-needed congestion relief on NYC streets -- it's difficult to imagine any City Hall traffic reduction initiative that doesn't include some of these ideas.
February 15, 2017
NYPD Makes National News for Cheating Tolls and Breaking Traffic Laws
Last week Inside Edition went national with the story of NYPD personnel who use illegal license plate covers to evade toll readers and traffic enforcement cameras. Reporter Lisa Guerrero found scores of vehicles in Lower Manhattan that had some type of cover to obscure the plate, and all of them also bore law enforcement placards.
February 13, 2017
NYPD and the Paranoid Narcissist’s View of Change on NYC Streets
Police park for free everywhere and observe the city through their windshields. They think most New Yorkers share this point of view, but they're badly mistaken.
December 5, 2016
The Jay Street Bike Lane Won’t Work If NYPD Parks All Over It
As crews restripe Jay Street to implement a curbside protected bike lane, some sort of learning curve is to be expected. Drivers need a little time to adjust to the new parking lane, which floats to the left of the bike lane buffer. But NYPD should know better from the start.
August 2, 2016
NYPD on Parking Perks for Press: Do as We Say, Not as We Do
The City Council’s attempt to return parking privileges to the New York press corps faces opposition, ironically enough, from the New York City Police Department.
April 4, 2016