The NYPD has taken steps to address long-standing illegal parking practices by city employees in Downtown Brooklyn, recently blocking off a parking lot frequently abused by FDNY and NYPD personnel. Although the effort aims to curb the misuse of parking placards, the effectiveness remains uncertain as barriers may not be sufficient to prevent further abuse. City officials have noted the clash between privileges granted to workers and public expectations of equitable parking regulations, highlighting ongoing challenges in enforcing such policies.
Possession of a city parking placard is a privilege. But as sociologists have long observed, when someone is accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
Metal barriers at the plaza under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at Tillary and Navy streets read, 'As of June 18, parking is no longer allowed' - a restatement of the long-ignored fact that the parking was always illegal there.
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