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A lot of them are from out of state or country, and presumably NYC can't pursue as many people now that they've cut down the size and efficacy of the police for

A lot of them are from out of state or country, and presumably NYC can't pursue as many people now that they've cut down the size and efficacy of the police force

joshstrange 4y ago
> and presumably NYC can't pursue as many people now that they've cut down the size and efficacy of the police force Source? NY has the highest number of police per capita in the US. And from their own stats [0] they're only expecting a tiny increase in uniform officers in 2022 vs 2021 (+23) after a slightly larger dip from 2020 to 2021 (-551, out of 36,461). The only ones who have cut the "efficacy" of the police force is the police force themselves with their bullshit "go slow"/"work stops"/"slowdown". Not to mention this isn't even an issue the police should be handling. Your comment makes no sense. Had you read the article you would have seen: > Police often turn a blind eye, amid allegations that they illegally park their personal cars and harassed a cyclist who reported them. So the police are already busy not doing their jobs (surprise!) > But a significant amount of illegal parking by wealthy operators is officially sanctioned – and even subsidized. Under a controversial New York City policy called the stipulated fine program, corporations among the city’s biggest parking offenders may prepay their tickets for a hefty discount, if they agree not to contest the fines. And they are not only fine with it but they give discounts to the corporations. It's just the the cost of doing business. Honestly this is a pretty bad article focusing entirely too much on silly weed trucks while hiding the more obscene practices (not ticketing and giving discounts) deeper in the article. Even going as far as to call out the fact the weed trucks aren't even selling gummies, which has what to do with parking fines? [0] https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2021/05/NYPD.pdf https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2...
- guywithahat 4y ago
  I link it later when I'm not at work but there was a really interesting report about how after the BLM protests, police departments were basically told to not pursue minor violations as frequently and violent crime skyrocketed because instead of being pulled over for a traffic violation a criminal wouldn't get caught or put in jail until they killed someone. NYC was a big offender of this
  - cantSpellSober 4y ago
    This article is about parking tickets. Do you have a source that the NYPD were told to issue fewer parking tickets? Or...any source at all? What major city didn't see a spike in crime during the pandemic in 2020? 1 in 6 NYPD officers was sick during this period, some precincts lost a third of their force for a while. Crime is now dropping, is it because the police were told to do their jobs again? > instead of being pulled over for a traffic violation a criminal wouldn't get caught...until they killed someone This talking point was stale in 2020 but I've never heard it put so unconvincingly
cantSpellSober 4y ago
The biggest cut was overtime reduction. NYPD is notorious for going over its OT budget: https://cbcny.org/research/overboard-ot https://cbcny.org/research/overboard-ot Other biggest cuts were moving crossing guards and school safety agents from NYPD to DOE. How does that affect parking enforcement? https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/487-20/in-face-an-economic-crisis-mayor-de-blasio-budget-prioritizes-safety-police https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/487-20/in-face... Ironically, they added 165 Traffic Enforcement Agents, the closest line item related to parking. This resulted in a net gain of $42 million for the NYPD. So, by your logic, now NYC CAN pursue MORE people now that they've INCREASED the size of the traffic enforcement police force?
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A lot of them are from out of state or country, and presumably NYC can't pursue as many people now that they've cut down the size and efficacy of the police force

joshstrange 4y ago

> and presumably NYC can't pursue as many people now that they've cut down the size and efficacy of the police force Source? NY has the highest number of police per capita in the US. And from their own stats [0] they're only expecting a tiny increase in uniform officers in 2022 vs 2021 (+23) after a slightly larger dip from 2020 to 2021 (-551, out of 36,461). The only ones who have cut the "efficacy" of the police force is the police force themselves with their bullshit "go slow"/"work stops"/"slowdown". Not to mention this isn't even an issue the police should be handling. Your comment makes no sense. Had you read the article you would have seen: > Police often turn a blind eye, amid allegations that they illegally park their personal cars and harassed a cyclist who reported them. So the police are already busy not doing their jobs (surprise!) > But a significant amount of illegal parking by wealthy operators is officially sanctioned – and even subsidized. Under a controversial New York City policy called the stipulated fine program, corporations among the city’s biggest parking offenders may prepay their tickets for a hefty discount, if they agree not to contest the fines. And they are not only fine with it but they give discounts to the corporations. It's just the the cost of doing business. Honestly this is a pretty bad article focusing entirely too much on silly weed trucks while hiding the more obscene practices (not ticketing and giving discounts) deeper in the article. Even going as far as to call out the fact the weed trucks aren't even selling gummies, which has what to do with parking fines? [0] https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2021/05/NYPD.pdf https://council.nyc.gov/budget/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2...

guywithahat 4y ago
I link it later when I'm not at work but there was a really interesting report about how after the BLM protests, police departments were basically told to not pursue minor violations as frequently and violent crime skyrocketed because instead of being pulled over for a traffic violation a criminal wouldn't get caught or put in jail until they killed someone. NYC was a big offender of this
- cantSpellSober 4y ago
  This article is about parking tickets. Do you have a source that the NYPD were told to issue fewer parking tickets? Or...any source at all? What major city didn't see a spike in crime during the pandemic in 2020? 1 in 6 NYPD officers was sick during this period, some precincts lost a third of their force for a while. Crime is now dropping, is it because the police were told to do their jobs again? > instead of being pulled over for a traffic violation a criminal wouldn't get caught...until they killed someone This talking point was stale in 2020 but I've never heard it put so unconvincingly

cantSpellSober 4y ago

The biggest cut was overtime reduction. NYPD is notorious for going over its OT budget: https://cbcny.org/research/overboard-ot https://cbcny.org/research/overboard-ot Other biggest cuts were moving crossing guards and school safety agents from NYPD to DOE. How does that affect parking enforcement? https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/487-20/in-face-an-economic-crisis-mayor-de-blasio-budget-prioritizes-safety-police https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/487-20/in-face... Ironically, they added 165 Traffic Enforcement Agents, the closest line item related to parking. This resulted in a net gain of $42 million for the NYPD. So, by your logic, now NYC CAN pursue MORE people now that they've INCREASED the size of the traffic enforcement police force?

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