NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The New York City Department of Sanitation resumed putting stickers on the windows of cars that prevent street sweepers from picking up litter.<\/p>\n
“We hope that these stickers motivate people to move their cars. Our goal is clean streets that all New Yorkers deserve, not to use stickers nor to write tickets,” Commissioner Gregory Anderson said.<\/p>\n
The new legislation restores the Department of Sanitation’s ability to use stickers as part of enforcement against alternate-side parking violators.<\/p>\n
The measure reverses a 2011 law that prohibited the Department of Sanitation from placing stickers on vehicles that violate alternate-side parking rules.<\/p>\n
Under the new bill, sanitation workers would be allowed to place neon stickers up to 8.5 by 11 inches on the windows of cars that remain parked during scheduled street cleaning.<\/p>\n
Sanitation officials say the goal is simple: get motorists to move their cars so crews can properly clean city streets.<\/p>\n
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