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TEMP TAG TUESDAY: This Time, We Got a Fraud Plate — and Fraud Insurance, Too!
I found another huckster on Craigslist the other day who was very willing to let me become a ghost-car-driving scofflaw — and worse!
April 25, 2023
TEMP TAG TUESDAY: See How Easy it is to Buy a Fake New Jersey License Plate!
Today, we start a new feature, featuring me buying illegal temp tags.
April 18, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Ghost Car Crackdown Edition
The NYPD towed away two dozen ghost cars. It's a start. Plus other news.
April 14, 2023
GHOST TAGS: Inside NYC’s Black Market for Temporary License Plates
Read all three parts of Jesse Coburn's award-winning investigation.
April 3, 2023
Monday’s Headlines: A Big Week for Streetsblog Edition
Today, we launch a three-part investigation into the black market for fraudulent temporary license plates by Jesse Coburn that has been seven months in the making. Plus other news.
April 3, 2023
CYCLE OF RAGE: The Human Cost of ‘Criminal Mischief’
Don't tell these people that plate defacing is a victimless crime.
February 17, 2023
EXCLU: Driver Who Sicced NYPD on Lawyer Adam White For ‘Criminal Mischief’ on Defaced Plate is Cop-Adjacent
The driver who called police on attorney Adam White after he fixed the obscured license plate on a Chevy SUV in November is cozy with law enforcement, Streetsblog has learned.
February 9, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: ‘Inside Edition’ Gets Action Edition
You won't be-leaf this — our editor was on a national news show!
February 9, 2023
Tuesday’s Headlines: ‘Criminal Mischief’ and Punishment Edition
The Manhattan district attorney consultant depicted in our editor's video on Friday resigned on Monday after an internal investigation. Plus other news.
January 10, 2023
Monday’s Headlines: Criminal Mischief Special Edition
On Friday, your irascible old scribe caught so many more law enforcement officials covering or defacing their plate that "criminal mischief" posts filled my Twitter feed. Plus other news.
January 9, 2023
