{"id":283237,"date":"2026-07-01T04:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:12:25","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-sticker-shocker-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283237\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday’s Headlines: Sticker Shocker Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

You do the crime, you deal with slime.<\/p>\n

The Department of Sanitation will bring back those once-familiar \u201cshame stickers\u201d that get slapped on the cars of people who don\u2019t move their vehicle for alternate-side-of-the-street parking, thanks to a bill that passed the City Council yesterday.<\/p>\n

Council Member Gale Brewer\u2019s bill<\/a> to bring back the brightly colored \u201cThis Vehicle Violates NYC Parking Regulations\u201d stickers from their decade-long hiatus was a mere fingernail in the Council\u2019s handshake agreement on the budget with Mayor Mamdani, but it\u2019s worth cheering.<\/p>\n

And not because we love to see cars vandalized by the government (nor does Brewer).<\/p>\n

According to DSNY, the annoying-to-remove stickers \u2014 plus the $65 fine that accompanies them \u2014 actually do deter drivers from selfishly leaving their car in place and preventing street sweepers from properly cleaning the roadway. The $65 ticket wasn\u2019t enough of an incentive, the Sanitation Department said, because there simply aren\u2019t enough tickets being written \u2014 only about 1.8 million a year. (Hell, looking at how few drivers move their cars on ASP day, you could imagine the NYPD could write that many tickets in a week!)<\/p>\n

But I wanted more. So I called up Brewer to hector her because what we really need are a) higher fines to truly deter illegal parking, b) cameras on DSNY street sweepers to automate the whole process and c) more tickets being written. The first two require state approval.<\/p>\n

The problem with my rant was that Brewer agreeed \u2014\u00a0no hectoring needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI support it all,\u201d she told me. \u201cI beg the cops to write more tickets. They do it when they can, but these bums \u2014 what do we call them, \u2018scofflaws?\u2019 \u2014 don\u2019t move their cars for alternate-side and then the street is a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the push for both automated enforcement and for higher parking fines stalled in Albany this session. And cops are an imperfect hammer against the millions of nails. You can\u2019t fully enforce your way out of selfishness by millions of drivers.<\/p>\n

So, for now, the stickers. DSNY Commissioner Gregory Anderson was pleased. \u201cSelfish car owners who prioritize their convenience over clean neighborhoods will soon be peeling stickers off their cars, while also paying for a summons,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cOur goal is neither writing summonses nor using stickers. We want people to simply comply with the law, so we can clean streets across New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went further: If you want something better than stickers, tell your state legislator<\/a> to allow the city to put cameras on street sweepers<\/a>. \u201cIf scraping off a simple sticker is too much for delinquent drivers who don\u2019t move their cars, we hope legislators in Albany will finally pass a bill that allows for more efficient automated enforcement so that we can deliver the clean public spaces all New Yorkers deserve,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/p>\n

Speaking of the budget deal, Mayor Mamdani decided we don\u2019t need more cops after all. (NYDN<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Of course, the Post<\/a> calls it a catastrophe.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s heat is going to be serious. Treat it so. (NY Times<\/a>, Gothamist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A motorcyclist ran down and killed a grandmother. (NY Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Late on Monday, the Times<\/a> broke the news that a federal judge told President Trump to stop trying to halt the Gateway Tunnel project.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a Downtown Brooklyn classic: The scofflaws who moved the planter into the bike lane. ()<\/p>\n

Message to the New York Post<\/a>: The moped rider in your video didn\u2019t \u201cplow into\u201d an open car door; the driver of the car opened his door into the roadway (a crime!), knocking the kid to the ground, where he was killed. This is not hard; it\u2019s basic journalism.<\/p>\n

I like a subway elevator built by a developer. (The City Reporter<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Post<\/a> and Gothamist<\/a> followed our big Red Hook Pool story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, finally, we mentioned in yesterday\u2019s headlines that DOT had finalized its plans for a sort-of Low Traffic Neighborhood (-ish) design on Avenue B. Well, Mayor Mamdani is a true steamroller because the work started \u2026 yesterday! The final plan will turn two-way Avenue B into a one-way northbound street between E. Seventh and E. 10th streets as well as add in better pedestrian crossings and other tweaks. Here are some shots taken by Friend of Streetsblog Clarence Eckerson Jr. of the work unfolding:<\/p>\n

\"\"The center yellow stripe has been erased. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.<\/p>\n

\"\" Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.<\/p>\n

\"\" Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.<\/p>\n

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