City Council legislation introduced Thursday seeks to curb the misuse of parking placards by government employees by revoking thousands of the permits and empowering New Yorkers to report drivers who abuse their parking privileges.
One bill, sponsored by Council member Lincoln Restler, would eliminate approximately 60,000 city-issued parking placards given to municipal, state and federal officials. The placards, he said, are often misused to brazenly block intersections, sidewalks and bike and bus lanes, or in the private vehicles of government employees when they are off the clock.
The problem is particularly rampant in Downtown Brooklyn, part of Restler’s district, where multiple city services and court buildings are located. “We
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