{"id":61,"date":"2019-03-22T19:03:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T19:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2020-01-10T20:37:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:37:20","slug":"placard-abuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/placard-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Placard Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Misuse of City Issued Parking Permits<\/h3>\n

In New York City, the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Department of Education (DOE) are the three agencies primarily responsible for dispensing City-issued parking permits, commonly known as placards.<\/p>\n

Each of these agencies separately issues placards to their employees. DOT also issues placards to several dozen other agencies, to non-government individuals and to entities such as non-profit organizations, people with disabilities, and members of the clergy.<\/p>\n

While the extent of placard misuse by city employees is uncertain, it is an issue that has been widely documented on social media<\/a> and in complaints to 311 during the last several years.<\/p>\n

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Members Margaret S. Chin, Robert Holden, Keith Powers, and Ritchie Torres announced a package of bills introduced on February 13<\/a>, intended to crack down on placard abuse, as well as unofficial and counterfeit permits and placards also used by perpetrators to skirt the law.<\/p>\n

This package also addresses dangerous parking practices often associated with placards, including blocking passageways such as bike and bus lanes, crosswalks, sidewalks, and fire hydrants.<\/p>\n

This new<\/i> slate of Council bills is designed to supplement a legislative package introduced in 2018 that similarly attempted to rein in placard abuse, which included bills sponsored by Council Members Chin, Peter Koo, Ydanis Rodriguez, and Jumaane Williams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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City Issued Parking Permit Abuse<\/h4>\n
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311 Placard Complaints
\n3,165 Complaints<\/strong>
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Resolutions
\n353 Ticket\/Summons<\/strong>
\n2018<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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