Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

NYPD on Parking Perks for Press: Do as We Say, Not as We Do

By David Meyer | | 18 Comments
The City Council’s attempt to return parking privileges to the New York press corps faces opposition, ironically enough, from the New York City Police Department. Intro. 779, sponsored by transportation committee chair Ydanis Rodriguez and 34 of his colleagues, would allow people with press-designated license plates from New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut to “park where parking or standing […]

Eric Adams Proposes Downtown Brooklyn Car-Share Fleet for City Agencies

By Brad Aaron | | 7 Comments
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is open to clearing Borough Hall Plaza of parked cars, and he also wants City Hall to study a car-share system for government agencies in Downtown Brooklyn. We reported last November that Adams and his staff resumed using the plaza as a parking lot after an $11 million rehab, following the lead of his predecessor, shameless space hog Marty […]

NYPD Still Resisting Attempts to Reform Parking Placard Abuse

By David Meyer | | 32 Comments
Fraudulent parking placards are rampant in NYC, but NYPD remains opposed to a bill that would require the city to include a barcode on placards to ensure proper enforcement. Testifying before the City Council transportation committee today, NYPD Assistant Commissioner Richard Schroeder cited “significant fiscal, operational, and technological issues that… cannot be resolved within the one year effective […]
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