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Badda Bing! NYPD “Taking Care of” New Parking Placards
A commenter on Uncivilservants.org noticed that Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to reign in parking permit abuse is already being met with some good old-fashioned NYPD blowback:
January 30, 2008
Gridlock Sam: Mayor’s Placard Reduction Plan is Step One of Ten
The following was contributed by Samuel I. Schwartz, AKA Gridlock Sam.
January 18, 2008
Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else
Another DOE employee not abusing a parking placard, courtesy Uncivil Servants
January 18, 2008
Illegal Parking Now “Legal” for Marty Markowitz
Yesterday we wondered if the city might be convinced to reconcile its vision of a sustainable city with its anti-urban parking policies. We'll mark this one in the "no" column.
January 16, 2008
At P.S. 161 in Harlem the Sidewalk is the Parking Lot
Streetsblog reader Richard Conroy sends along these photos and writes:
January 8, 2008
Weingarten: “Teachers Are Not Abusers of Parking Permits”
A car with a teacher's permit on the dashboard is parked beneath a "No Parking Anytime" sign. The license plate number does not match the one printed on the permit. (UncivilServants.org)
January 7, 2008
City Hall to Reduce Parking Placards 20% and Centralize Control
Crosby Street, Soho: A veritable government employee parking lot. (Photo: UncivilServants.org)
January 3, 2008
A Few Minutes of Parking Permit Abuse With Andy Rooney
60 Minutes curmudgeon Andy Rooney is grumpy about a lot of things but using an expired press placard to park an S.U.V. in front of a fire hydrant doesn't seem to be one of them. It looks like Gawker scooped Uncivil Servants on this one:
September 4, 2007
New “People’s 311” Site Maps Street Hazards
Carrie McLaren and Steve Lambert are working on a public service photo project called "People's 311." They want New Yorkers to submit shots of things like potholes, bike lane hazards, dying trees and broken traffic signs.
August 27, 2007