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GHOST TAGS PART II: Inside NYC’s Black Market for Temporary License Plates

On Tuesday, we published the second part of our series, In this part of the series, bringing you inside the shady car dealerships that churn out temporary tags.
GHOST TAGS PART II: Inside NYC’s Black Market for Temporary License Plates
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Jesse Coburn is a reporter at ProPublica after a stint as Streetsblog's investigative reporter, where his reporting received a Polk Award, a Sigma Award, and awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Previously he was a reporter at Newsday and an editor at ARCH+.

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