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Plexfused t1_ix1b62t wrote

A guy on my block does this. He has a paper NJ plate in his back window that he has out for the two ASP days. All other times he has a regular NY plate on these long threaded rods so he can easily pull it on and off. He has about $4k of fines on both plates and parks at the hydrant every day, but has never gotten towed.

On one hand I'm pissed he's getting away with it while I drove around for 30 mins trying to find a spot the other day. But at the same time, if he parked legally, there would be one less spot for me.

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otisthorpesrevenge t1_ix1cwmu wrote

Yeah, I would be walking by his car at night with a hoodie and face mask on and accidentally dropping nails in front and behind all his tires. Accidents happen.

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huebomont t1_ix1dhvp wrote

report him to 311 repeatedly with the details of both plates. it sometimes works.

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RolandDeepson t1_ix3kqlq wrote

Include mention of the nypd placard as well.

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BxGyrl416 t1_ix3tamd wrote

The one I reported had a (fake?) NYPD placard.

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Black6x t1_ix4kpzy wrote

What placard? No placard was mentioned in the comment.

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RolandDeepson t1_ix4vnbc wrote

The comment was edited

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Black6x t1_ix652mu wrote

No it wasn't. It's not marked as edited, and even if they did a quick edit, that would have to be within 3 minutes of the original comment to not receive an asterisk. Your comment came 20 minutes after their comment.

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P0stNutClarity t1_ix1s4gg wrote

Wait. How does he get away with not having registration and inspection in his bottom left window when he leaves the Ny plates on?

I got a neighbor with out of state plates that either removes it or puts in a out of state plate dummy plate when he parks illegally. He’s gotten towed once the last decade. I don’t drive so idc. He’s not unique. All the cops in my neighborhood park illegally with their placards on full display. Hydrants might as well say reserved parking.

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noots-to-you t1_ix3uq9a wrote

I wonder if they’d change their tune if there was a fire- and fdny smashed the windows to run the hose through.

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BxGyrl416 t1_ix3t7ch wrote

The car I was reporting had no registration or an expired one.

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JaimeGordonLannister t1_ix1hq69 wrote

How does this car not get booted? Seems like an easy impound and $$$ for NYPD, either from fees or from selling the car if it isn't claimed

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix1l6nf wrote

They look the car up and if the KBB is less than 2000$ then they will never tow. They know that no one in their sane mind will ever come pick up a clunker and pay 3000$ to get it.

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ctindel t1_ix1yfzs wrote

They don’t need to they can auction it off still

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix1yn6f wrote

And occupy a spot with a clunker when there's an overabundance of relatively newish Ubers in the city? You do the math.

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JaimeGordonLannister t1_ix1zgpf wrote

How can they track the offences for a car with fake/temp plates? Is the VIN visible somewhere on the exterior?

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix213ct wrote

It's on the driver side encased in the bottom side of the windshield to make it hard to cover. Meter maids press a button and scan the thing when they prefill the tickets. At a minimum it pulls car info like temp registration (dealer license) & insurance. If neither cone up, car shouldn't be in the streets by law.

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bfume t1_ix3l4za wrote

they scan the ny registration barcode. the vin isnt scannable, its just raised lettering on an aluminum or steel plate

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soyeahiknow t1_ix2syz5 wrote

Do nypd boot or just the sheriff department? There was an abandoned van with boot in a no standing zone in a very very popular roadway. 311 didnt work so i finally had to publicly call the local police station out on Twitter with the mayors office and 1 police plaza tagged. They told me they couldnt get the boot off because it was the sheriff. So it took another week for them to come out and take the boot off. Then 2 more weeks of constant tweeting for them to finally tow the van. Its been there for more than 6 month. You could see the google streetview from april 2022 and the van has been there with a boot.

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NotForgetWatsizName t1_ix2l1mx wrote

OTOH, if your place is on fire and a fire engine needs
water from that hydrant, how does NYFD handle that? Do they have a huge saw that cuts two slices and let’s
them remove five feet wide from the car’s middle
near the hydrant?

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_JackStraw_ t1_ix3580v wrote

Hose goes through smashed windows on both sides

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AndreT_NY t1_ix3s8ip wrote

It’s horrible to think of but if there was a fire the FDNY would take out his windows to run a supply line to the hydrant. Think of that and him coming out and seeing it. That may warm your heart. That said it is horrible because people are affected by a fire.

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lickedTators t1_ix5kbn6 wrote

Why don't you just smash his windows? There's no enforcement for that either.

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