Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Investigation

It Has Taken Months, But City DOI Finally Nabs a City Employee for Placard Abuse

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments

The Department of Investigation arraigned a high-level city employee for using a fake placard — one of, um, one city employees criminally busted for doing what many city employees and residents do every day.

Two years later, we have the start of the beginning of digital placards. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

De Blasio Cuts Two Placard Abuse Units That Did Nothing, Saying, ‘But Wait ’til Next Year!’

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 10, 2020 | No Comments

This year's budget battle also reminded us that the de Blasio administration has literally done nothing to crack down on placard abuse, despite many announcements.

Press parked illegally in Foley Square. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes On The Street: Weinstein Case Brings Even More Placard Abuse to Lower Manhattan

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

The jury is still out in the Harvey Weinstein case — but the verdict is in on the press: guilty of placard abuse on all counts!

BELIEVE IT! City Busts Eight for Placard Abuse

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 4, 2019 | 12 Comments

But critics said the enforcement is low-hanging fruit when compared to rampant placard abuse perpetrated by the city's own employees and cops.

Placard abuse in action. Photo: Eli Forsythe

EXCLUSIVE: Council Speaker Corey Johnson Will Push de Blasio on Placard Abuse This Week

By David Meyer | Feb 11, 2019 | 14 Comments

As the mayor stalls, the City Council offers a slate of bills to rein in the scourge of placards.

This is the note that Deputy Inspector Raymond Festino left on an illegally parked state car. Photo: @placardabuse

Will DOI Take Placard Abuse Seriously — Or Just Keep Abusing Placards?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 24, 2019 | 12 Comments

Placard abuse is so bad in Lower Manhattan that officials with the agency in charge of busting illegal placard parkers is accusing other illegally parked officials to stop parking in their illegal parking spots.