Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

An NYPD tow truck removes a legally parked Brooklynite's car so that cops could park there. Photo: Jody Rosen

No Courtesy, Professionalism or Respect for the Dead: Funeral Homes Blast Placard Abuse

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 30, 2022 | No Comments

The only three certainties in life are death, taxes, and placard abuse.

Teachers parked illegally on Fourth Street in Park Slope. The hand-made sign refers to a former "Play Street" sign that the city removed. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

UH, THANKS: City Will Turn a Dead-End Block into a Plaza … But Only When Placarded Teachers Go on Recess

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

School's out for summer — but will a play street remain when teachers come back?

Placard abuse in Downtown Brooklyn makes once-safe streets impassible.

OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It

By Lincoln Restler | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.

Scofflaw trucks like these are costing us big-time. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb

By Eve Kessler | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

It's a popular front against "chaos at the curb."

Manhattan Pol to NYPD: Follow the Law on Placard Misuse

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 5, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan City Council Member Gale Brewer (inset) is the latest elected official to demand that the NYPD follow the law when it comes to cracking down on placard abuse by city workers including, mostly, cops.

'We Need New Station Houses Because of NYPD's Illegal Parking,' Communities Say

By Eve Kessler | May 4, 2022 | No Comments

The antidote to illegal cop parking? Why, more parking, of course, say many community boards.

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