Sentences with phrase «placard abuse»
«I constantly hear about placard abuse.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio's crackdown on parking - placard abuse could start with a fellow elected official.
Richardson's blatant violation came less than three months into a crackdown announced by Mayor de Blasio, who said placard abuse was «contributing to traffic congestion» and «starting to erode faith in the integrity of government.»
De Blasio's crackdown on parking - placard abuse could start with a fellow elected official.
And she'll continue to lead the charge for placard reform and real enforcement of placard abuse.
And the NYPD would have to issue reports on how many complaints they get about placards abuse, and how many tickets they give out.
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The Post exposed the abuse as Mayor Bill de Blasio is in the process of trying to crack down on the misuse of city - issued parking placards.
De Blasio's plan received a cold embrace from some transit experts, several of whom feared that any enforcement - led traffic measure would fail on the basis that the NYPD has been largely ineffective in cracking down on offenses such as double parking, blocking the box or the abuse of city - issued parking placards.
Brooklyn Assemblywoman Diana Richardson got caught abusing her parking placard in a driving lane outside her district office in Brooklyn — then tried to publicly shame the rookie traffic agent who slapped her with a $ 115 ticket.
Among the areas of possible investigative interest, according to Mr. Torres: «The abuse of placards.
«Waving a placard and threatening a cyclist is an abuse of power,» said Gounardes, who is Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams» top lawyer.
Others shouted and screamed, waved placards and abused passing politicians.
De Blasio vowed to launch an effort that's designed to put an end to abuse of official city parking placards.
When news anchor Errol Louis pointed out that there are whole websites dedicated to documenting the lax enforcement and widespread abuse of city - issued parking placards, de Blasio insisted that times have changed.
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña even insisted she'd «never heard» about DOE staffers abusing their placard privileges.
The principal told The Post he witnessed widespread abuse of the permits before former Mayor Mike Bloomberg cracked down on them in 2008, slashing the number of placards available to DOE workers from about 63,000 to 11,000.
At a minimum, he called for a state ethics investigation since misusing the parking placard would be an abuse of power.
The placards have become a hot - button issue because many recipients abuse the privilege by using expired placards and parking in places the cards do not allow.
CONCOURSE VILLAGE — The NYPD will create a new unit and hire 100 traffic enforcement agents who can dole out an additional $ 100 fine to crack down on public employees abusing parking placards, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday.
In an election - year gift, the de Blasio administration is issuing up to 50,000 more car placards to city education workers — rolling back reforms made by Mayor Mike Bloomberg and opening the floodgates for abuse.