Approaching a meter that still has a minute or two left on it to find a cop already teeing up a ticket on his hand-held device is one of the most infuriating experiences one can have living in this city. And though the NYPD has long denied that quotas are driving this kind of behavior that undermines the generally law-abiding citizens’ trust in the men and women charged with protecting them, an audiotape of an 81st Precinct meeting now confirms the quotas are true. Read more at the New York Times.


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  1. I was a cop for 24 years in NYPD, we had a quota, if you were on patrol you had to write 20 parkers and 5 movers a month. If you are a browny/traffic cop Im sure they have daily quota’s. They can’t walk around all day and do nothing. City is in business to make money, they should write more littering tickets.

  2. Last month was the twenty-seventh anniversary of getting my driver’s license. In those twenty-seven years I have had one parking ticket and two speeding tickets. I am just too much of a skin flint to pay the fines so I make sure I drive legally (which is usually safest) and park legally. I would rather pay $20 to put my car in a parking garage than $150 for a fine. I also paid to buy a parking space at my condo, so I don’t have to fight for street parking or deal with the alternate side parking craziness.

  3. Double parking causes congestion, making it difficult for cars to move efficiently through the city. It increases pollution, both due to the idling double parkers and the slow down in traffic. It creates dangerous situations when frustrated drivers try to get around the double parked car. One solution is to convert the major avenues to loading-zone/10 minute parking only. Drivers who need to stop at a coffee shop can pull around the corner to a side street and double park there. It’s crazy for us to give free parking next to the curb, and then more free parking next to the cars next to the curb.