Data: Unreadable Plates Soared Last Year, Foiling Speed and Red-Light Cameras
The problem of cars evading speed, red-light and bus-lane cameras with defaced or covered plates has gotten markedly worse — with more than 7 percent of plates that triggered automated enforcement cameras last summer proving to be unreadable.
February 13, 2023
ROWBACK: State DMV Clarifies How to Rat Out Help Out Your Plate-Defacing Neighbor
On second thought, don't send him your pictures of your neighbors' defaced plates!
February 13, 2023
State Car Boss: ‘Send Me Pictures of Defaced Plates!’
The commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles told New Yorkers to send him pictures of defaced license plates so that his agency can address the problem ... by sending the registered owner a new set of clean tags on the house.
February 8, 2023
STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION: Hochul to Roll Out Higher Fines for Plate Covering, Plus Give Cops Power to Remove
It's the first action by state or local government since Streetsblog began a three-month social media campaign to expose New York drivers who cover, obscure, deface, bend or even foliate their license plates.
February 1, 2023
State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits
Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.
January 10, 2023
ANALYSIS: Subway Riders Backed Hochul By Widest Margins; Now Governor Better Deliver
They had her back, so now she better have theirs. New Yorkers who actually ride the subway supported Gov. Hochul by a much wider margin than her overall 69.5 to 30.3 election victory in the city over Republican Lee Zeldin.
November 21, 2022
Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)
Overall tickets are up about 67 percent thanks to those overnight and weekend hours, but they're down about 15 percent in the 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, evidence that drivers do indeed stop speeding after getting one or two automated tickets.
November 14, 2022
CM Bottcher: City Must Publicly Report on Plate-Covering Perps
The Council member wants to require the Department of Transportation to issue monthly reports detailing how many times a city speed or red-light camera was foiled because a driver had defaced or covered his or her plate.
September 29, 2022
Trump-Loving Anti-Camera Pol Has 23 School-Zone Speeding Tickets!
Council Member Inna Vernikov's car has been slapped with 23 camera-issued tickets since mid-2020, including nine this year, which may explain why she voted against speed cameras.
September 15, 2022
StreetsPAC to Central Brooklyn Voters: Retire State Sen. Kevin Parker Now!
The city's only political action committee devoted to safe streets is asking voters to retire longtime state Sen. Kevin Parker — and reward one of the legislature's most high-profile street safety advocates, Andrew Gounardes.
August 9, 2022
