{"id":374120,"date":"2026-10-15T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374120\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:04:08","slug":"rhonys-carole-radziwill-racks-up-8k-in-traffic-fines-despite-placard-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374120\/","title":{"rendered":"RHONY&#8217;s Carole Radziwill racks up $8K in traffic fines despite placard abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Money can\u2019t buy you class.<\/p>\n<p>Real Housewives superstar Carole Radziwill has a dark side to her glamorous public image \u2014 as she admits she is proudly one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/08\/us-news\/illegal-parking-still-rampant-in-nyc-neighborhood-after-workers-placard-abuse-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Apple\u2019s biggest parking scammers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/rhony-recap-sai-questions-carole-about-epstein-files-and-confronts-erin-about-sharing-divorce-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Kennedy cousin openly bragged<\/a> on her reality TV show\u2019s new season about using ConEd cones to deceptively save parking spots \u2014 but still managed to rack up nearly $8,000 in traffic violations in recent years, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Carole Radziwill bragged about her ConEd cone illegal parking hack on the new season of \u201cThe Real Housewives of New York City.\u201d Sophy Holland\/Bravo<\/p>\n<p>The Post confirmed her conniving ways when we caught her car parked near her ritzy SoHo apartment this week sporting on its dashboard an expired FDNY union placard \u2014 exclusively reserved for firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>The interior of the car itself was empty, except for two bright orange ConEd traffic cones \u2014 one of which she whipped out for the Bravo TV cameras when she visited fellow cast member Daisy Toye\u2019s childhood Brooklyn home for a Seder meal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cone, yes. The cone. The cone is a cop family hack,\u201d Radziwill said in her Bravo confessional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m parked illegally or slightly too close to a hydrant, they will keep on walking,\u201d she continued with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Radziwill\u2019s 1998 Jeep appeared several times in the new season of the show. William Farrington for The NY Post<\/p>\n<p>How Radziwill \u2014 whose current drama on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/29\/us-news\/carole-radziwill-on-ghislaine-maxwell-friendship-after-being-named-in-epstein-files\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">show centers on her name\u2019s inclusion in the Epstein files<\/a> \u2014 secured the cones or the placard is unclear. <\/p>\n<p>ConEd would not say whether they permitted the Housewife to use the cones, but said they are strictly used to \u201cprotect our crews and the public while critical work is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnauthorized use can create unsafe conditions and interfere with our ability to do our jobs safely,\u201d the spokesperson said, asking witnesses to report any equipment abuse to 1-800-75-CONED.<\/p>\n<p>The certificates are handed out annually, but Radziwill\u2019s, which expired in February, displayed the name of a former FDNY\u2019s Uniformed Fire Officers Association president who has not been in office since 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Bravo reps for Radziwill also did not return numerous requests for comment and calls to a number listed for the star went unanswered. <\/p>\n<p>Radziwill \u2014 who married the late Anthony Radziwill, nephew of President John F. Kennedy \u2014 has racked up 83 traffic violations over the past four years, most of which are listed for \u201cparking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality star bragged about using ConEd cones and stashing them in her trunk. William Farrington for The NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The reality star\u2019s car sports an expired FDNY union placard on the dashboard. William Farrington for The NY Post<\/p>\n<p>She was dinged 17 times for failing to move her car for street sweeping \u2014 despite bragging on the show about faithfully participating in the \u201cNew York ritual\u201d that is clearing the road for her block\u2019s twice-weekly Sanitation cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where I am every Tuesday and Friday from 9 to 10:30 a.m.,\u201d Radziwill said in the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal New Yorkers, they drive and know the ritual. And the ritual is called alternate sides,\u201d she continued from the front seat of her car, which only has some 114,000 miles despite being 28 years old. <\/p>\n<p>The Department of Sanitation said it appreciates the times Radziwill has moved her car but wishes the practice was honored more routinely \u2014 saying some 500,000 cars fail to move every week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese car owners who disregard the law make a real impact on the look and feel of our streets. DSNY street sweepers can pick up 1,500 pounds of litter, but only when car owners follow alternate-side parking rules,\u201d a spokesperson told The Post, adding they would \u201clove to work with Ms. Radziwill\u201d on passing automated ASP enforcement legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she is a fan of clean neighborhoods, we would welcome her advocacy on this issue so that we could better deliver the clean streets all New Yorkers deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly $8,000 in traffic tickets have been issued to the car over the past four years. William Farrington for The NY Post<\/p>\n<p>In total, Radziwill has been fined a jaw-dropping $7,587.79 since October 2020, a tab she has, to her credit, completely settled. <\/p>\n<p>A 24-hour pass at a nearby garage costs $800 monthly.<\/p>\n<p>Radziwill has repeatedly advertised herself as a regular Joe on the television show, which she recently rejoined after an eight-year sabbatical.<\/p>\n<p>Her true net worth is unknown, but she rakes in at least $93,000 annually through her Substack, another $150,000 for RHONY, assuming Bravo kept her at her 2014 salary, and recently revealed she is sitting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ANRx_x_1hmA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">$700,000 in investments left behind<\/a> by her late husband.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not counting profits from other ventures, as well as being a member of the Bouvier, Radziwill and Kennedy families.<\/p>\n<p>She has recently come under fire for being mentioned in the Epstein files and for being associated with the pervert\u2019s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p>The jailed trafficker famously took Radziwill\u2019s author photo for her 2005 memoir \u201cWhat Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love,\u201d which chronicled the deaths of her husband, his cousin JFK Jr. and the Kennedy scion\u2019s wife, Carolyn Bessette, in the same year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Money can\u2019t buy you class. 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