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Reducing the issuance of placards won't solve anything if parking isn't enforced. The governing class (NYPD, FDNY, city government workers) in NYC starts their

Reducing the issuance of placards won't solve anything if parking isn't enforced. The governing class (NYPD, FDNY, city government workers) in NYC starts their day by driving in and parking wherever they please knowing full well that they won't be held to the same laws that citizens are supposed to be. Many workers even deface or remove license plates so they can't be ticketed by automated cameras. I would love citizen cell apps to enable enforcement, but I'm not hopeful. I would think that more cops would remove license plates and harass those trying to hold them to account. I truly don't know how it is possible to make NYPD accountable, maybe a federal intervention. https://twitter.com/placardabuse https://twitter.com/placardabuse

InitialLastName 4y ago
Not just that, but people who make a habit of reporting illegally parked cars frequently find themselves being harassed and threatened by anonymous people who have their phone number [0]. [0] https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/death-threats-follow-brooklyn-mans-illegal-parking-complaints-to-311-and-the-nypd/ https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/death-threats-follow-...
- woah 4y ago
  Sounds like they are gearing up to go even further than phone calls: > In a statement, an NYPD spokesperson expressed concerns that the proposed law could lead to violent conflicts between drivers and civilians reporting illegally parked cars
  - massysett 4y ago
    There's precedent for this, or rather for people figuring out a way around it. A NYC law that paid rewards to those to report idling vehicles. A few people make non-trivial sums doing this. They act like tourists or like they're lost in a phone conversation so they can hang out around the vehicle and record the violation. They have to record the truck idling for a few minutes to collect the money, so without a disguise they risk being beat up. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/nyregion/clean-air-idle-car.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/nyregion/clean-air-idle-c...

InitialLastName 4y ago

Not just that, but people who make a habit of reporting illegally parked cars frequently find themselves being harassed and threatened by anonymous people who have their phone number [0]. [0] https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/death-threats-follow-brooklyn-mans-illegal-parking-complaints-to-311-and-the-nypd/ https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/death-threats-follow-...

woah 4y ago
Sounds like they are gearing up to go even further than phone calls: > In a statement, an NYPD spokesperson expressed concerns that the proposed law could lead to violent conflicts between drivers and civilians reporting illegally parked cars
- massysett 4y ago
  There's precedent for this, or rather for people figuring out a way around it. A NYC law that paid rewards to those to report idling vehicles. A few people make non-trivial sums doing this. They act like tourists or like they're lost in a phone conversation so they can hang out around the vehicle and record the violation. They have to record the truck idling for a few minutes to collect the money, so without a disguise they risk being beat up. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/nyregion/clean-air-idle-car.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/nyregion/clean-air-idle-c...