Justice
Where the NYPD Has Been Wrongly Ticketing Drivers, Mapped
An IQuantNY open-data analysis reveals that police officers have been issuing tickets to legally parked cars.
In cramped New York City, parking is never an enjoyable experience. But when drivers are being ticketed for parking in spots they’re legitimately permitted to park in, it gets significantly more unpleasant.
This has been happening routinely, according to a new open-data analysis by IQuantNY’s Ben Wellington. In 2009, updated laws gave city drivers the green light to park on a sidewalk in front of pedestrian ramp if it wasn’t linked to a crosswalk. The city’s police officers seem to have missed that memo, and continued ticketing cars that were legally parked.