SEE IT: Placard Corruption at Antonio Reynoso's Brooklyn Borough Hall - Streetsblog New York City

"The Congressional hopeful vowed to end the corrupt car culture that characterized Eric Adams's seven-year tenure as Brooklyn Beep. During his first week at Borough Hall, Reynoso actually banned parking on the plaza that surrounds Borough Hall. "The Borough Hall plaza has been rid of cars and returned to the people," he posted on X at the time, in a stark departure from Adams's decision to issue unofficial parking placards and allow certain staff members to park on the same plaza."

"Reynoso's initial effort to keep Borough Hall's plaza car-free seemed to work. We couldn't find any indication - in 311 data, in historical Google Street View imagery, in social media posts - that people freely parked on the Borough Hall plaza for the first four years of his tenure. Reynoso appeared to have ended the Adams-era practice for good. But in early 2025, the X user McRib Hard Seltzer, who passes through Downtown Brooklyn every week, started to notice a worrying backslide around Borough Hall."

"On Jan. 4, 2025, McRib Hard Seltzer photographed a Ram 1500 TRX with a suspicious New Jersey temporary tag illegally parked on the northeast side of Borough Hall. The very next day, McRib Hard Seltzer photographed a Nissan Armada - with a visibly defaced New York front plate, and more than $6,000 in traffic tickets - parked in the same illegal spot. The NYPD issued summonses in both cases."

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso initially banned parking on the Borough Hall plaza and proclaimed the space returned to the public. Despite that ban, Reynoso's office later printed and distributed unofficial parking placards to unidentified city workers, reintroducing Adams-era placard practices. Local observers documented vehicles illegally parked on the plaza in early 2025, including a Ram 1500 TRX with a suspicious New Jersey temporary tag and a Nissan Armada with a defaced New York front plate and over $6,000 in unpaid tickets; the NYPD issued summonses in both cases. The placard distribution contributes to ongoing, citywide placard abuse and dangerous parking behavior.

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