From the Daily News:...it's hard to find a vehicle without a placard in the area around Newcomers High School at 41st Ave. and 28th St.
Most of the placards, which allow drivers to park in certain restricted areas, are issued to employees of the Department of Transportation and the NYPD School Safety Division.
Some of the vehicles are even left in crosswalks and at meters, causing problems for residents and business owners.
"It's like private parking for the people who work for the city," said Joseph Conley, chairman of Community Board 2, who has lobbied for better enforcement of the parking rules.
During a recent visit of the area, the Daily News saw several expired placards or placards that were partially hidden on dashboards. One placard was simply a laminated photo of the Department of Transportation logo with no numbers, signature or identification.
Conley and Stamatiades pointed out that offices for both the Transportation Department and School Safety are in nearby Queens Plaza.
13 comments:
Will Conley be giving up his parking placard?
Going apeshit over parking and ignoring 14 ten story hotels in the backyard.
No, they did not ignore the hotels - they just produced a CD to PROMOTE them!
Ah.... how was it funded?
Tow these vehicles - reprimand the employees.
Nobody seemed to mind when the area wasn't "trendy, up and coming".
what about the NYPD who do this with their private cars???
Funny how the community got some big rooking on the hotel parking spots from the planning folks.
The great designer of Queens Plaza, Penny Lee of City Planning, I believe got questions on THAT issue too.
what about the NYPD who do this with their private cars???
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What about them?
You mean my placard reading "URGENT: IN NEED OF RESTROOM" is inappropriate?
Funny how the community got some big rooking on the hotel parking spots from the planning folks.
The great designer of Queens Plaza, Penny Lee of City Planning, I believe got questions on THAT issue too.
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yea, funny how THAT never made the papers but some schlub tweeking the system & they make it a federal case.
How about changing the law to allow parking for everyone?
The problem is rather silly. The development in that community is so laughibly out of control that parking issues are pretty much a moot point.
I mean, if you are looking at 10 story buildings put up in the middle of nowhere, parking spots are the least of your concerns.
How about some focus on the displacement of the long suffering community and stopping the bullshit that they 'are looking forward to the economic boost' bullshit everytime a report comes out of here.
When its all said and done, after the hotels and the disasterous Queens Plaza mess this will someday be a case stuff on poor city planning.
I thought Mayor Bloomturd was taking care of the placard abuse. It is the reason for alot of the traffic congestion in this city. Oh wait.....I forgot.....he rather slap a price tag on driving into NYC (Congestion Pricing).
Can't wait for him to get out of office. Worse Mayor ever in my eyes.
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