Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

It's the 43rd vs. the 45th in a first-round Bronx battle.

March (Parking) Madness: The Battle for the Boogie Down Starts in the East Bronx

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments

These two precincts each have their fair share of parking and driving abuse their officers have wrought on their neighbors in two blue-collar sections of the East Bronx.

Photos: Noah Martz/Montage: Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

City Tells Employees They Can Save Big Bucks … By Using Fake Placards!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

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.

Deputy Inspector Adeel Rana is at the heart of the 84th Precinct's parking and driving problems.

Tipster Sues NYPD for Harassment Over 311 Complaints about Illegal Parking

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 23, 2023 | No Comments

The once anonymous tipster who alleged that members of the NYPD had harassed and threatened him after he reported the cops for illegal parking has now publicly filed a lawsuit in federal court against the NYPD and the city for violating his First Amendment rights.

Monday’s Headlines: Martin Luther King Day Special

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Jan 16, 2023 | No Comments

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.

Given how New Yorkers park, there's a lot of money to be made out there. (Note: This is an artist's rendering. The money will not automatically fall from the sky.)

Civilian Enforcement: A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That Also Makes the City Safer

By Joseph Tedeschi | Dec 9, 2022 | No Comments

Want to make a six-figure salary and never leave your neighborhood? AND make the city safer? It may soon be possible.

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Wednesday’s Headlines: David Mack’s Board Games Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Nov 30, 2022 | No Comments

A friend in Lower Manhattan spotted MTA board member David Mack's new Lexus illegally parked in front of MTA headquarters. Plus other news.

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