The commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles told New Yorkers to send him pictures of defaced license plates so that his agency can address the problem ... by sending the registered owner a new set of clean tags on the house.
It's the first action by state or local government since Streetsblog began a three-month social media campaign to expose New York drivers who cover, obscure, deface, bend or even foliate their license plates.
The Manhattan district attorney consultant depicted in our editor's video on Friday resigned on Monday after an internal investigation. Plus other news.
On Friday, your irascible old scribe caught so many more law enforcement officials covering or defacing their plate that "criminal mischief" posts filled my Twitter feed. Plus other news.