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June 11, 2010 12:33 PM
News Source: FOX 5 NY
News Source: FOX 5 NY
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Selling meter parking space is illegalNew York - Metered spots near a Queens courthouse that should cost a few quarters per hour are being sold for as much as $20.
Arnold Diaz exposed this scam that you need to watch out for. It involves workers at a private parking lot across from the Queens County Supreme Court on Sutphin Boulevard, where parking costs up to $27 dollars a day.
But their scam involves selling metered spaces on the street that they have no right to sell. These are spaces badly needed by the public.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 12:48 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
The entire parking situation at that courthouse is a racket. That lot only takes cash and charges about $20 for two hours of parking. Luckily another lot 2 blocks away for half the price is taking away all of their business.
The entire thing is a scam.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 12:53 PM chaim Says:Report as Inappropriate
lock em all up!
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Jun 11, 2010 at 01:22 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
put them in jail!!
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Jun 11, 2010 at 01:23 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
put them in jail CROOKS!!
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Jun 11, 2010 at 01:31 PM Elie Says:Report as Inappropriate
Imagine this was a yid doing this in Boro Park, they would've been under arrest in minutes.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 01:36 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Good work Arnold. You have been looking out for the average New Yorker for decades now.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 01:37 PM Michael Engel Says:Report as Inappropriate
Where are all the camera-loving politicians? Where is Mr. Bloomberg? Even if they feed the meters all day, they may only park for the time limit posted on the sign. Unfortunately, the meter personnel who are supposed to be enforcing the law have IQ's just below those of the meters. We'd like to see a follow up on this story.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 01:42 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Instead of improving the bus and subway service, they are being eliminated. NYC is pushing out the middle class.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 03:39 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
whats the big freaken deal????
you are paying them to service your meter!
wouldnt YOU pay $20 not to have to run out every hour to feed the meter?? if you forget once, your ticket is MORE than $20......
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Jun 11, 2010 at 03:40 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
why is it a scam, amgine you hire sombody to wait by the meter a whole day to feed it howmuch would you pay him it cost him adollar every hour and you pay him a few extra dollars for not having to come out of the courthouse.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 05:08 PM A Reader Says:Report as Inappropriate
These same guys put orange cones up in the spots in fromt of their lot so no one parks there.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 05:43 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ why is it a scam, amgine you hire sombody to wait by the meter a whole day to feed it howmuch would you pay him it cost him adollar every hour and you pay him a few extra dollars for not having to come out of the courthouse. ”
the scam is that they "reserve"these spots and other people can't park there. these spots do not "belong" to them
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Jun 11, 2010 at 06:41 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
it is against the law to feed the meter. one may only park for the maximum time allowed on each meter filling it once.
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Jun 11, 2010 at 07:33 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ whats the big freaken deal????
you are paying them to service your meter!
wouldnt YOU pay $20 not to have to run out every hour to feed the meter?? if you forget once, your ticket is MORE than $20...... ”
The problem isn't paying them to feed the meter, the problem is when they put cones out official cones (DOT etc) to "reserve" a spot.
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Jun 13, 2010 at 02:37 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ why is it a scam, amgine you hire sombody to wait by the meter a whole day to feed it howmuch would you pay him it cost him adollar every hour and you pay him a few extra dollars for not having to come out of the courthouse. ”
So by all the street parking being used for all day parking, some poor shulb who wants to go to a store for 20 minutes now has to park in the lot and pay $15. That is what the problem is. Metered parking is generally not meant to be for all day parking. Oh, yeah, it is also called stealing what they are doing, but your ethics seem to think that is fine.