This car frequently parks at a fire hydrant AND on the wrong side of the street during alternate side parking regulations, preventing adequate street cleaning. The permit appears to be phony based on the valid placard samples displayed on this site. This is in Ridgewood, Queens, and the placard is for 88th Precinct in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Just once again a placard holder feels it his his or her right to just break the law "just a little". It is Ok since I saw two NYPD cars go by the car and see the placard and just move on, so maybe it is OK? It's funny, since I am suprised they did not ticket the white car behind. I think that car might just be 15 feet but NYPD has ticketed people there before, but it was raining tonight so maybe they cut both of them a break.

BY ERIN EINHORN and FRANK LOMBARDI
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU

Mayor Bloomberg ended a sweet parking perk for a handful of City Council members after the Daily News exposed the practice Wednesday.

Bloomberg ordered the Department of Transportation to tear down special signs reserving parking for four Council members in front of their district offices - signs he called "inappropriate."

"We will just remove those signs from those four spaces," the mayor said.

The News revealed Wednesday that the Council members had a deal most New Yorkers would covet: reserved parking spots set aside for them and their staffers from 7 a.m to 7p.m. weekdays.

Two of the reserved areas were set aside before Council members Helen Foster (D-Bronx) and David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) took office in 2002. But Council members Al Vann (D-Brooklyn) and Helen Sears (D-Queens) requested their spaces during Bloomberg's tenure.

Bloomberg has made a point of slashing parking privileges for city employees, including chopping the number of parking placards given to city workers and elected officials. About 26,000 parking placards have been eliminated this year, out of 144,000 previously issued, according to mayoral spokesman Jason Post.

He said an additional 12,600 placards, largely belonging to teachers and education officials, will be nixed when they come up for renewal in September.

[http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/13/2008-08-13_mayor_to_pols_find_your_own_parking.html]

It's tough to get a parking spot in Jackson Heights, Queens - unless you are City Councilwoman Helen Sears.

Sears (D-Queens) has a reserved parking spot directly in front of her district office. There's even a Department of Transportation sign warning drivers the spot is for "Council Vehicles" only during peak hours.

While all Council members receive parking placards from the DOT that allow them to park in many restricted areas and even avoid paying the meter, four have their own private parking spots on city streets.

Sears, Councilmen Al Vann and David Yassky (both D-Brooklyn) and Councilwoman Helen Foster (D-Bronx) have spots outside their district offices reserved for their own use from 7a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.

"The way to solve the problem of scarce parking isn't by doling out perks that just benefit the privileged few," said Wiley Norvell of Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group that has issued numerous studies on parking in the city. "We need smart policies that benefit everyone.You don't solve the problem by giving three people free parking and exacerbating the problem for everybody else."

[more at: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/13/2008-08-13_grief_for_council_pols_over_car_perks.html]

Public school principals across the city are returning from summer vacation to learn that they have been enlisted among the ranks of city officials being asked to curb their car use in order to help the environment — and many are not pleased.

In the past, every staff member at a school was eligible for a free parking permit that gave its user free rein to park in a school's lot or on a nearby street. Now, schools are being given just a set number of permits, and every principal is left with the task of divvying them out.

[more at: http://www.nysun.com/new-york/principals-struggling-to-pare-parking-perks/83364/]

Still issuing their own invalid parking permits, and still parking illegally.

The Brooklyn NYPD Task force is apparently trying out a new tactic in Manhattan – sanding the criminals away. They avoid detection by not having commercial plates on their vehicle.

moderator's note: plate # on placard (Brooklyn South Task Force) does not match actual plate.

I frequently see cars parked on 158th Street and River Ave. (near Yankee Stadium) blocking the fire hydrant. Cars park on the sidewalk as well. The police say that this is for “game day” but it’s a safety hazard to block a hydrant, and it kills the trees and ruins the sidewalk when cars park there. (The sidewalk is cracked and falling apart due to this practice.) The people who run the parking garage move and park these cars on the sidewalk as if the sidewalk was an extension of the private garage. I don’t know if they are charging people for these “parking spaces,” but since uniformed garage valets are moving the cars and parking them on the sidewalk and street it’s not too far fetched.

A valet from the parking garage has pulled a car in on the the sidewalk next to a fire hydrant. The door is opening as he gets out of the car. Now the hydrant is blocked on both sides! The silver car on the right is the private car of a cop. The car on the left is just a regular private car. These cars remained in these spots for hours.

I wish that people would respect the sidewalks in my neighborhood. I want to feel safe, and not have the sidewalk and fire hydrant blocked by cars. I spoke in a very calm and friendly manner to the garage owner, but he started yelling at me. He called over a police officer who yelled at me too. The police officer said that the cars were parked on the sidewalk and in front of fire hydrant “To prevent a truck bomb from blowing up the stadium! Do you want that to happen?!” (I said “No.”) I can understand blocking the street for this reason and I’m glad that the police are working to keep people safe. However, I do not understand how parking cars on the sidewalk and next to a fire hydrant makes anyone any safer. Do you? I was careful never to raise my voice and to be respectful to the police officer and to the garage owner. (As always!) Honestly, I didn’t expect such a wild reaction just for taking a few photos.

ALWAYS and for years parked illegally. The Black hummer with the Marine sticker is owned by a PSA 4 cop who someone has a rent-subsidized apartmemnt in Village View. This guy just loves him some hydrant parking. He has been doing this for years and the never-to-be-charged-with-steroid-abuse cops of the 9th REFUSE to do anything. Just before this picture was taken I pointed out to the two soduko lovin' parked officer that the Hummer in fornt of them had been blocking the hydrant ALL day. They pulled up took a look, snap, and drove off having done NOTHING!

The blue building is a private parking garage on 158th street. A guy came out of the garage and asked me why I was taking photos. I said it was illegal to park here.

(This was not during a Yankee game, not that it matters since it is a fire hydrant.)

[moderator's note: fixed Permit/Agency - this is a DoE Teacher's permit, not an NYPD one]

UPDATE: This is not a school zone either.

Shopping and dining at the local malls in my neighborhood is corrupting cops daily. Another few postings here today.

These acts create blind spots which endanger other motorists and pedestrians alike.

A woman was injured by auto 6pm 12/24/2006 due to the blind spots and traffic congestion which results from these illegal acts.

Shame on the cops who break the law and shame on those who turn a blind eye.

Shopping and dining at the local malls in my neighborhood is corrupting cops daily. Another few postings here today.

These acts create blind spots which endanger other motorists and pedestrians alike.

A woman was injured by auto 6pm 12/24/2006 due to the blind spots and traffic congestion which results from these illegal acts.

Shame on the cops who break the law and shame on those who turn a blind eye.

[moderator's note: this post is for the truck behind the car]

Shopping and dining at the local malls in my neighborhood is corrupting cops daily. Another few postings here today.

These acts create blind spots which endanger other motorists and pedestrians alike.

A woman was injured by auto 6pm 12/24/2006 due to the blind spots and traffic congestion which results from these illegal acts.

Shame on the cops who break the law and shame on those who turn a blind eye.

BY KATHLEEN LUCADAMO
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU

A Manhattan community board is sacrificing one of its few perks - parking placards.

Community Board 2, which stretches from Greenwich Village to Chinatown, has voted unanimously to stop applying for the free passes.

"We feel as a community that the placard system has been abused. It's our statement to the administration that we need to do our share to reign that process in," Board 2 Chairman Brad Hoylman said Friday.

[more at: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/25/2008-07-25_manhattan_community_leaders_set_example_.html]

M/F off duty cops park illegally creating blind spot which endangers kids at the school and shoppers and other drivers who must merge traffic here. When they returned, the M ordered the F to get in the car and hide the placard. The M kept his back to my camera so as not to expose his face. Knowingly Guilty!

[note from moderator: plate # is also missing on placard, and "Transit Borough Manhattan Task Force" is not anywhere near Queens]

This guy parks in front of not 1 but 2 fire hydrants which are very close together with his NYPD parking placard. He parks here 3-5 times per week for 12 hours minimum. There have been several complaints by people in my neighborhood, but to not avail. My last call to 311 was on the same day I took this picture. At that point he had been there for 3 days (he still has not moved, which makes it 6 days). When I called back for a status report, I was told "Police checked compliant, no violation found". Which is funny because when I pulled in for less than 5 min to unload a few cases of water (with my flashers on and car running), I came back to a traffic cop giving me a ticket. For the past 20 years that I have lived there, you were not allowed to park in between the fire hydrants (if you park between the 2, it gives you approx. 3ft to either hydrant). This guy thinks this is his personal driveway, he does not even attempt to look for parking while every one else either pays for a garage or spends the time finding a valid spot. Hopefully, my building will not need the assistance of the fire department any time soon.

By REUVEN BLAU and KATHIANNE BONIELLO

July 20, 2008 --

Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on city-issued parking permits doesn't apply to the celebrity-studded Midtown Kabbalah Centre - even as police, firefighters and teachers are having their parking passes yanked.

The spiritual home of Madonna, Alex Rodriguez and other celebrities has 10 permits that allow for parking in the loading zone in front of the East 48th Street building.

Last year, the city issued 5,369 permits to 883 "social-service organizations," such as Access-a-Ride, Meals on Wheels, the Red Cross, volunteer ambulance services - and the Kabbalah Centre.

There are about 400 permits given annually to clergy and houses of worship, but religious groups usually get just one or two such passes - not 10. So far, the city has no plans to cut the number of placards given to private groups as prescribed by city law, a City Hall spokesman said.

But with the city slashing the number of placards given to its workers, it's time to take a hard look at other groups who get the benefit, said Wiley Norvell of Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group critical of placard abuse.

[more at: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07202008/news/regionalnews/kabbalah_parking_paradise_120725.htm]

Salsa legend Willie Colon is singing a happy tune these days since he got to keep his official parking placard while scores of others were yanked this year in City Hall's crackdown, The Post has learned.

Mayoral aides could offer only a half-hearted defense of the special privilege that Colon has been receiving since 2006, noting that he serves on the city's Latin Media and Entertainment Commission, which meets only four times a year.

Colon also happens to have been a high-profile backer of Mayor Bloomberg in the 2005 mayoral race, when Democrat Fernando Ferrer appeared to be a formidable voter-getter, especially with Hispanics.

Aside from Colon, though, the mayor's placard-cutters were unsparing.

[more at: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07192008/news/regionalnews/willie_perks_up_120561.htm]

Politics and parking are two of New York City’s most competitive sports — and never more cutthroat than when played in combination. This spring, for instance, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that he had slashed the number of parking placards doled out by the city to law enforcement agencies and other city departments.

Now, after a request by news organizations, some of the winners and losers of the great city parking sweepstakes are beginning to emerge. The results are somewhat puzzling, though not entirely unexpected. In general, the State Assembly, the State Senate and the city’s marshals office (population 44) did rather well in holding onto their permits. The chairmen and district managers of the city’s community boards did not.

[more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/nyregion/19placards.html]

Illegally parked, creating blind spot in middle of merging streets and adjacent to High School facility and mall - just so it is convenient for the driver to shop. Way to go NYPD!
Permit is self enforcement zone for 114 and this is 110th and miles from any official NYPD facility.

This officer's car can be found parked here any time he's not working. Evidently he feels entitled to have a parking space available in front of his building at any time, while the rest of us have to get home by 6:00pm or so if we are to have any chance of finding a spot. Here are some other occasions...
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/4592
http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/4699

Car with invalid USPS placard (wrong license plate), parked on the sidewalk.

By MURRAY WEISS, Criminal Justice Editor

An NYPD crackdown on illegally parked cars boldly sporting city, state and federal placards on their dashboards has resulted in 2,400 summonses - more than 1,000 of them issued to city cops and detectives, The Post has learned.

Over the last three months, special teams of Internal Affairs officers have scoured congested streets in lower Manhattan and around government hubs in outer boroughs, searching for vehicles whose drivers abuse their parking-placard perks and slapping tickets on 2,488 cars.

[more at: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07102008/news/regionalnews/nypds_parking_perk_blitz_bags_1_000_cops_119266.htm]

I was reading the ticket I got for Standing my commercial vehicle and making a 3 minute delivery in a NO PARKING zone (which is allowed). I asked the Parking Enforcement Agent Why the car in front of me was not getting a ticket and he said because he is a COP. so I looked at the windshield and this is what I saw. I guess this guy was so scared that the expired permit wouldnt work that he decorated his window with NYPD paraphenalia and it worked. I thought real placards didnt need all of this.

If this guy was a real cop on official buisness why did he need to cover the exired (assumed) date of the Placcard. Also this car was parked in NYC on Central Park West. The Placcard says Queens

with invalid permit (different plate)

i have watched this guy park his car on the hydrant on 80st and 149th ave in howard beach queens for over 3 months now. why does he get to park at a hydrant especially when the nearest one is 10 houses away south on 80st?
this is ridiculous. i really hope somebody does somethign about this guy. he is from the 88pct as u can see from the parking placard placed on the dashboard

A black Cadillac with City Council plates was parked illegally at an expired parking meter outside the CVS Pharmacy at 22-80 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, NY, on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 5:57 pm.

This is on Brooklyn Bridge Blvd, going south. This street has 1 lane of parking, some spaces marked off with cones, one lane of traffic, and one very obvious green bike lane. The cops were not in the car. They were outside of it, standing around on the steps about 10 feet away. No one else was with them, they were just hanging out. They could have easily moved the cones out of the way, in the left hand lane across, but instead chose to park in the bike lane.

Police Dept permit. Communications Division. Man and a woman dowbn at the beach for the day. First thing he did was urinate against the building. Stayed the entire day

This Ford Suburban is parked here so much he is regular on street view of Google maps for "9005 56th Ave, Elmhurst, NY 11373". Jaywalking is so common that a jaywalker is also represented on the street view. Three cheers for effective police presence!

Safety hazard due to impairing vision of merging motorists which adds risks to pedestrians and drivers alike. Adjacent to school facility and malls - merging streets carry mall traffic and bleed off from Queens Blvd. 56th ave is the one way street to go to junction blvd to get access to freeway.

Commercial vehicle with Millenium, Brooklyn side painted on door uses 24 Hour Emergency Services to park illegally in order to sate their shopping appetite.

Endangers kids using school facility and other shoppers going to and from mall. Parked in middle of merging traffic from 2 high volume streets carrying mall and bleed off traffic from Queens Blvd.

Adjacent to school facility, malls and right smack dab in the middle of merging traffic from 2 high volume streets that support mall traffic from the 2 near by malls, as well as, bleed off traffic from Queens Blvd.

Cars parked here create blind spot in the middle of this merging traffic flow - impairing driver vision. This is a safety hazard and even handicapped permits are specifically prohibited from parking which would be a safety hazard.

This shopper/cop/[edited] saw another cop/[edited[ parking here - what the heck why not? Again creates dangerous blind spot at point of merging traffic both cars and pedestrians - adjacent to school facility in use and 2 shopping malls.

This NYPD off duty perp illegally parked all day today to shop at mall. This is adjacent to school and mall and at the merge point of 2 high traffic streets - and the school facility was filled with kids who frequently cross the street where the blind spot created by parked autos increase the risk of injury.

By BRAD HAMILTON and ANDY GELLER

June 18, 2008 --

The NYPD will conduct a crackdown on illegal parking today - its second in three months.

About 150 cops and several tow trucks will stage a ticketing and towing blitz in lower Manhattan - hauling away automobiles that are parked illegally and those with phony parking placards, a police source said.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned motorists against using fake placards in a radio appearance Monday.

[http://www.nypost.com/seven/06182008/news/regionalnews/nypd_park_crackdown_116045.htm]

This was intentional law break and perp attempted to conceal identity by placing invalid placard under the vehicle registration sticker to conceal the identifying numbers. Driver was female and came from Queens Center Mall where Macy's is located.

This created blind spot for hours adjacent to school facility and at the merge point of 2 high traffic streets (from mall traffic). It is also the location of a pedestrian injury by auto due in part to blind spots created by autos parked under the "No Parking Anytime" signs posted liberally at this location.

This was an intentional law break. The perp was aware of his/her guilt and attempted to conceal their identity by placing the pba card over the numbers of the placard in a deliberate attempt to cover up their identity.

It is adjacent to High School facility, across from a mall and at the intersection of 2 high volume streets where they merge and was the location of an injury accident to a pedestrian 12/24/2006.

NYPD Traffic Control Division parked in No Standing Anytime zone.

Start Fresh NY, a non-profit (http://www.startfresh.us/), apparently doesn't read the regulations on their DOT parking permit very carefully.

They are parked in a No Standing Anytime except USPS Vehicles zone, and their permit only allows for:

"No Standing Except Trucks Loading and Unloading"
"No Parking Anytime/Specific Hours"
"At Meters"

And only for 3 hours at that.

[edited to fix signage]

pretty typical in this spot. this car was parked here all day.

Invalid placard with wrong plate #, parked illegally, nowhere near the 24th precinct.

Too special for the law, apparently.

The placard's missing a license plate as well.

Here he is again. Same ole safety hazzard, parked in the crosswalk. Same old stunt.

I hung out for awhile and kept expecting someone to run up and drive away. But there was open curbside parking in front of the car, so I think it must have been parked there for awhile. (Sorry for the poor quality photo; maybe it's time to upgrade my phone.)

Sorry, this won't work.