{"id":129973,"date":"2026-02-11T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/129973\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:48:09","slug":"how-to-spot-an-unlicensed-tow-truck-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/129973\/","title":{"rendered":"How to spot an unlicensed tow truck in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"0aloa\">With a <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/ghost-fleet-how-new-york-city-lost-control-of-the-tow-truck-industry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">growing fleet<\/a> of unlicensed tow truck companies on the streets of New York City, how can you protect yourself the next time you need a tow?<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"48f6g\">A Gothamist investigation has for the first time tallied the city\u2019s ghost fleet of unlicensed tow trucks. The numbers show that as the number of unlicensed towers has increased, licensed tow trucks have decreased. It all means that if you\u2019re in a crash in the five boroughs, there\u2019s a strong chance you\u2019ll encounter a tow truck that isn\u2019t authorized to haul your vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"d2mq7\">Lawmakers and industry experts say there are steps you can take to protect your car \u2013 and your wallet \u2013 if you need a tow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a growing fleet of unlicensed tow truck companies on the streets of New York City, how can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-129973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}