They’re baaaack.
The giant stickers of shame that for 25 years publicly lambasted New York City drivers who failed to follow alternate-side parking rules have returned after more than a decade hiatus.
The City Council banned the long-used practice in 2012 after multiple complaints about the sticker adhesive damaging vehicle windows and allegations of violated rights to due process.
In banning them, the council overturned a veto by then-Mayor Michael Boomberg.
For the last 14 years, they’ve been gone. Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer sponsored a bill to repeal the ban. It overwhelmingly passed earlier this summer. Brewer argued there aren’t enough cops to get the job done.
But will the stickers be enough? Brewer just hopes they resonate.
She was out on the streets slapping vehicles with large neon-green shield-shaped stickers on Tuesday.
The new stickers read, “This vehicle violated NYC street cleaning rules. As a result, this street could not be properly cleaned.”
In smaller print, it tells the alleged scofflaws to use warm water and a scraper to remove the glue.
The Department of Sanitation is distributing the stickers. Each one comes with a $65 ticket.
Asked about the stickers’ return at an unrelated press conference Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he “fully supported” the practice, calling it “critically important” that the sanitation department can street-clean.
He allowed the legislation to take effect after a 30-day waiting period without signing or vetoing it.