Overview

• Restler’s month-long survey of 60 blocks logged an average of 457 illegally parked cars per day from May 26 to June 20, with only 3 percent ticketed.
• About 40 percent of the violators displayed government placards or apparent fakes, with hotspots concentrated near courthouses and municipal buildings.
• Outside the Kings County Courthouse on Adams Street, the study counted an average of 63 illegal parkers daily, while blocks near Tillary and Navy streets saw dozens each day.
• NYPD countered the report by citing year-to-date precinct figures — 113,429 summonses, 821 for placards, 2,018 tows and 511 boots — and noted new tow-away signs under the BQE.
• Restler touted the clearing of a long-abused Navy Street lot now posted as a tow-away zone and renewed his push for legislation to revoke 60,000 placards and enable citizen or automated enforcement.