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Well, the city is ratcheting up the revenue collection machine. And you, the honest homeowning taxpayer, may be the next victim.

Today I was walking my dog thru Detective Mayrose Park, on the North side of the Prospect Expressway, btw 6th and 7th Avenue, a route I take several times a day. My dog is always always leashed, and always picked up after. A few people take their dogs off the leash there, but I am not one of them.

There was a NYC Parks Dept vehicle in there, which I seldom see, and it appeared they were looking to give tickets to owners of dogs off the leash. Fine and dandy.

Meanwhile, on the SOUTH side of the Prospect, in the same park, there are two spaces that are behind fences, with gates that are normally unlocked, that are used as defacto dog runs. There are signs on the outside of these spaces advising dog owners to pick up after their dogs.

These fenced spaces are pretty ugly and muddy. No parent would let their child play in there, and no adult would think to set up a bbq or similar in there. They have no use as currently configured EXCEPT as a dog run. Furthermore, the city sees fit to place garbage cans around the perimeter precisely to hold poop bags. And I’ve been using this as a dog run for the year that I’ve lived here, along with a number of other dog owners.

I had unleashed my dog in one of these areas and was chatting with one of my neighbors, who owns a beautiful dog and a beautiful house on a nearby street, when these same clowns drove up in their truck, apparently after following us.

They advised us that as this was not an ‘official’ dog run (since it had no dog run sign) we were in violation of the leash laws and were to be summonsed. My neighbor argued the point but there’s no point in arguing with a coupla city employees with a ticket quota.

I refused to produce a driver’s license and one of the agents maybe did or didn’t call the po-lice. At that point i was steamed and told her I had no problem with a night on Rikers as I’d spent a few in my time. Also didn’t give her a good address.

So beware of these Asshats. Yeah, I know, they’re only doing there job. Some people wouldn’t apply for the job.

I guess this is just the beginning of an onslaught of revenue ‘enhancements’. Hold on to your your wallets.