Parking Placards
Basics
Push Grows To Move Parking Enforcement From NYPD To DOT
Two community boards want the job to go to the agency already in charge of the streets.
April 13, 2026
Under Threat of Federal Suit (Again!), NYC Promises Action on ‘Unacceptable’ Illegal Police Parking
A deputy mayor made a flat-out promise to eliminate illegal police parking that violates the Americans With Disabilities Act. But when? How? We don't know.
April 24, 2024
Justice Dept., Citing Streetsblog Reporting, Threatens to Sue NYPD Over Cops’ Sidewalk Parking
The city is now facing a major civil rights suit from the Biden Administration if it doesn't eliminate illegal parking by cops and other city workers.
April 22, 2024
Long-Awaited Report Reveals Widespread Parking Crime by NYPD
The overdue report confirms years of Streetsblog reporting on placard abuse, illegal parking and enforcement failures by the police under two mayors.
April 11, 2024
NYC Teachers Union Prez: You Can’t Expect My Members To Ride The Train Or Bus!
Teachers don't like using transit, and have been enabled to feel that way thanks to the parking placards they were gifted in the de Blasio era.
January 4, 2024
Eyes on the Street: ‘Daylighting’ NYC Intersections Needs More Than Paint and Signs
We're gonna need more than paint and signs.
December 5, 2023
What Parking Reform Means for People With Disabilities
Practically every day, there's a new headline about a new effort in a U.S. city to reform its autocentric parking policies — and practically every time Streetsblog covers it, we get an email that asks what people with disabilities will do in a world with no accessible parking at all.
March 22, 2023
Civilian Enforcement: A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That Also Makes the City Safer
Want to make a six-figure salary and never leave your neighborhood? AND make the city safer? It may soon be possible.
December 9, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter Locks Out A Watchdog Placard Abuse Account
Does Elon Musk have a problem with public officials being called out for corruption?
November 14, 2022
School Outdoor Space is Limited in NYC — By Cars
August 21, 2020
