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Wednesday’s Headlines: David Mack’s Board Games Edition
A friend in Lower Manhattan spotted MTA board member David Mack's new Lexus illegally parked in front of MTA headquarters. Plus other news.
November 30, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter Locks Out A Watchdog Placard Abuse Account
November 10, 2022
Congestion Pricing Study Finds Law Enforcement Officers Are Manhattan’s Most Numerous Car Commuters
The area around Ground Zero is going to be ground zero in the battle over congestion pricing exemptions.
November 4, 2022
THE ULTIMATE PLACARD CENSUS: Downtown is Choked with (and Endangered By!) City, State, Federal Workers’ Cars
A specter is haunting Lower Manhattan — the specter of placard abuse. Check out how bad it is.
August 22, 2022
Massive Assault Truck with Theft Vest, Placard Belongs to a Liar, MTA Says
This is not a legitimate MTA placard! (Did you know that there ARE legitimate MTA placards?!)
August 12, 2022
FIRST PERSON: How I Got a Traffic Agent to Write a Ticket Against a Placard Perp!
You won't believe how hard it is to get a cop to write a ticket on a car with an illegal license plate cover!
August 5, 2022
AWM: New York City’s Ultimate Placard Mystery
Here's everything you wanted to know (well, that we could find out) about the most mysterious placard in town.
July 7, 2022
UNMASKED: NYPD Van Driver Pulled Over for Obscured License Plate
Mayor Adams’s crackdown on illegal plates has already been unmasked (literally).
July 6, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: Eternal Darkness of the Placard Class Edition
We sent editor Eve Kessler into the heart of darkness — Midtown — to poke around. It didn't take long before she spotted the car you see at the top of this story. Read all about it, plus get all the other news of the day.
June 30, 2022
No Courtesy, Professionalism or Respect for the Dead: Funeral Homes Blast Placard Abuse
The only three certainties in life are death, taxes, and placard abuse.
June 30, 2022
