Overview

• Council Member Lincoln Restler’s office surveyed 60 blocks from May 26 to June 20 and logged 3,654 violations, averaging 457 illegally parked cars per day, with only 95 tickets issued.
• Roughly 40% of the vehicles were using government placards or talismans to evade rules, while 41% displayed no placard at all, indicating widespread, varied noncompliance.
• Adams Street between Fulton and Johnson averaged 63 illegal parkers daily, and Tillary Street between Prince and Navy saw about 36 vehicles obstructing sidewalks, creating safety and accessibility hazards.
• A targeted enforcement action, coordinated after talks with NYPD Transportation leadership, cleared a decades-long illegal lot under the BQE on Navy Street, which now has tow-away signage.
• Restler renewed pushes for Intro 411-2024 to revoke up to 60,000 city placards and hold agencies accountable, and for Intro 80-2024 to enable civilian reporting, as the NYPD cited year-to-date summonses, tows and new tow-away signs near Tillary and Navy.