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50 States Of Fraud: Take The Great American Road Trip Without Leaving NYC
You can play that old 50 state driving game without leaving the Big Apple. Come along and we'll show you how.
October 12, 2026
Feds Charge Fraud Temp Tag Dealers ID’d in Streetsblog’s ‘Ghost Plate’ Series
Eleven fraudulent car dealers — including several who were identified in Streetsblog's award-winning 2023 investigation — sold more than 100,000 fake temporary tags, robbing taxpayers of about $15 million and turning those vehicles into "ghost cars" that were involved in at least six homicides, federal prosecutors said this week.
May 22, 2026
‘Rate Evaders’: Auto Insurance Address Fraud Soars Under Hochul’s Watch
The cost of New York drivers who fraudulently register their cars to false addresses has soared to more than $50 million per year.
April 21, 2026
Anatomy of a Manhunt: How NYPD Quickly Caught a Hit-and-Run Killer on the Lower East Side
Cops used laser-fast technology, old-style gumshoe detective work and a little help from the hapless suspect to make an arrest in last week's hit-and-run.
December 22, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: No Excuses Edition
New Jersey is finally making it harder to get fake temp tags. Plus other news.
August 12, 2024
SEE IT! Ghost Car Driver Hits Cyclist Then Puts Back on His Plate
A driver with a record of removing his plate so he can speed without being caught struck a cyclist in Brooklyn on Monday morning — and put his license plate back on his ghost car in full view of a cop.
March 25, 2024
Streetsblog Wins Polk Award for ‘Ghost Tags’ Series
Reporter Jesse Coburn received the prestigious award for exposing a vast black market for temporary license plates that reckless drivers use to avoid accountability on the road.
February 19, 2024
Monday’s Headlines: Tom Wolfe Edition
A Council member's story about a supposedly racially motivated traffic stop got all around the world before the NYPD even got its boots on. Plus other news.
January 29, 2024
Monday’s Headlines: The Ghosts in the Machine Edition
It's been a busy few days it's been on the ghost car and defaced plate beat. Plus other news (including the world premiere of a new criminal mischief video).
December 18, 2023
NYPD’s Fight Against ‘Ghost Cars’ Lacks Serious Muscle
The NYPD claims it has stepped up its efforts to summons and arrest car drivers who cover or deface their plate, or drive with a fake temporary tag, but its own statistics show that the effort has not continued into this year, department officials said on Monday.
June 27, 2023
