New York, NY – Sanitation Dept. Agrees to Revisit Parking Violation Stickers

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    New York, NY – Today the New York City Council’s Transportation Committee held a hearing on a bill proposed by Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) that would change the city’s approach to punishing drivers for alternate-side parking infractions.  Intro No. 546 would end the practice of placing hard-to-remove neon stickers on drivers’ vehicles when a driver parks on the wrong side on alternate-side parking days.

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    “It’s really cruel and unusual,” explained Councilman Greenfield. In response to the Sanitation Department’s assertion that it was important for the public to know who was blocking the street on alternate-side days, Greenfield exclaimed, “Even with our worst criminals, we don’t ask them to wear stickers on their heads saying: ‘Caught! Courtesy of the NYPD.’ Why are people who accidentally park their cars on the wrong side of the street worse than convicted criminals?”

    Councilman Greenfield’s bill has gained support from many quarters, including from the American Automobile Association who testified at the hearing in favor of Greenfield’s bill.  “Receiving a parking ticket in New York already comes with a hefty fine, so we do not see any need for the overkill of placing a difficult to remove sticker on a vehicle to notify and punish for a second time, an individual violating a parking restriction,” explained Jeffrey Frediani, a representative from AAA New York.    “In fact, we recently received an email from a member who claimed he had to spend three hours and pay a mechanic $25 to have one of these stickers removed after he was too ill to move his car for street cleaning.”

    After hearing from Council Members and advocates, John Nucatola, Director of the Sanitation Department’s Bureau of Cleaning and Collection acknowledged that the Council Members had “legitimate points” and promised to “revisit the sticker issue.”


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    upper
    upper
    12 years ago

    Thumbs up for R’ Duvid

    DRSLZ
    DRSLZ
    12 years ago

    By legal authority can such stickers be placed?

    RebKlemson
    RebKlemson
    12 years ago

    I would love the sticker without a ticket. how about that for the future

    12 years ago

    Wow. B”H we have such a greta person representing our community. We always have a knack to pick such winners.