Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo Office

De Blasio’s Zeal for Fare Enforcement Doesn’t Extend to People Who Steal Street Space to Park Illegally

By David Meyer | Feb 9, 2018 | 12 Comments

The mayor says repeat turnstile jumpers should be arrested to prevent widespread fare evasion. But you can steal curb space or abuse a parking placard repeatedly and never go to jail.

Marty Golden is special, but he's not alone.

These Are the Pols That Get Parking Placards From City Hall (and Those That Don’t)

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2018 | 8 Comments

Who are de Blasio's chosen ones? Many are city electeds you'd expect to receive parking perks, but there were a few noteworthy additions and exceptions.

State Senator Marty Golden, Flashing Parking Placard and Threatening Arrest, Bullies Cyclist Out of His Car’s Way

By Ben Fried and Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2017 | 69 Comments

In Albany, Golden is one of the chief obstructionists of expanding New York City's speed camera program, which is impervious to placard corruption and has flagged the same car he was riding in last night for several violations over the past few years.

The Human Resources Administration says it took this city car away from a serial placard abuser. But what about the next staffer who drives it?

Serial City Parking Permit Abuser Snagged by Streetsblog Placard “Crackdown” Smackdown

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2017 | 22 Comments

After Streetsblog published photos of a Human Resources Administration employee repeatedly stowing a city-owned vehicle in no parking zones in Inwood, the agency says it has taken action.

The illegally parked blue Mini has a ticket on the windshield. The illegally parked city-owned Prius, sporting a Human Resources Administration placard on the dashboard, does not.

If de Blasio Was Serious About Ending Placard Abuse, This Serial Parking Violator Would Have Stopped By Now

By Brad Aaron | Dec 4, 2017 | 18 Comments

A placard abuser can be publicly shamed into abandoning an illegal parking spot, but the same vehicle owner will keep using the perk illegally somewhere else. Without real enforcement and a reduction in placards, it's just whack-a-mole.

No Evidence of de Blasio’s Placard “Crackdown” on Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Nov 16, 2017 | 19 Comments

Placard-abusing government employees make the Adams Street bike lane an obstacle course, just as they did 15 years ago.

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