The NYPD’s ‘Self-Enforcement’ Impunity Zones and the Evasion of Accountability
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How the NYPD seizes quasi-official status to break the law.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Permits
Steal This Idea: The Larger the Car, the More You Pay to Park
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Big news out of Montreal: Starting on July 1, drivers of larger, heavier cars will pay more for residential parking permits in one busy corner of town.
Harlem Assembly Member and Council Candidate Parks Illegally, Abuses Placard in Midtown
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A Harlem Assembly Member who represents a district where nearly 80 percent of households do not own a car illegally parked her own luxury sedan on a busy Manhattan thoroughfare throughout the duration of a taped debate.
Albany’s Residential Parking Program Won’t Be Good for New York City: Analysis
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A Senate proposal to encourage New York City to create a Residential Parking Permit system won't help break the city's car culture, multiple studies show.
City Tells Employees They Can Save Big Bucks … By Using Fake Placards!
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A city custodian found guilty of fabricating a fake agency placard to park for free near his Lower Manhattan office for more than a year and a half was docked seven day's pay — just $1,106 — even though the cost of legally parking in the neighborhood is 10 times that.
Monday’s Headlines: Martin Luther King Day Special
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It’s fitting that today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day because the themes of the weekend were themes the great thinker dealt with repeatedly during his life: entitlement, privilege and inequity. Plus other news.