From the NY Observer:As many as one in four parking placards currently used by motorists in New York City are fake, according to a new study by transportation advocates, and city lawmakers are latching onto the report to push for tougher enforcements.
Currently, there are 78,000 valid parking placards distributed by various authorities in the city. The president of Transportation Alternatives, Paul Steely White, said his group surveyed six neighborhoods, and out of 1,450 permits found, 343 were fake. "That means that between 10,000 and 25,000 fake permits are used regularly in the city," White said.
That's more than the 12,000 yellow taxi cabs currently on the road here, he noted.
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6 comments:
Well mabye if the city provided parking facilities people wouldn't be doing this.
Anyone seen the NY post article about the Nassau country police officer holding pulling out his gun and aiming it at a bartender in Farmingdale? He was also driving drunk, left the bar he was initially at and returned to that bar PLASTERED later on.
The more power that is given, the more potential for corruption there is. Only a virtuous person can handle power and NONE of these scumbags know how to wield such power/authority.
Who said the people using FAKE parking passes are people in power? The people abusing REAL parking passes are the people in power. The cops need to do a massive tow operation of cars that have fake passes, and when the owner comes to claim the car, arrest them on the spot for possession of a forged instrument.
Anyone seen the NY post article about the Nassau country police officer holding pulling out his gun and aiming it at a bartender in Farmingdale? He was also driving drunk, left the bar he was initially at and returned to that bar PLASTERED later on.
The more power that is given, the more potential for corruption there is. Only a virtuous person can handle power and NONE of these scumbags know how to wield such power/authority.
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Let's please stick to the topic.
So what? we have FAKE politicians in Albany, pretending to serve the people.
"That's more than the 12,000 yellow taxi cabs currently on the road here, he noted."
Speaking of taxis:
http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/news/2011-05-03/statement-public-advocate-de-blasio-mayor-bloomberg-picking-nissan-be-taxi-tomorrow
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