Ghost car: Post catches serial scofflaw in the act of removing license plates to avoid tickets , tows
By Georgia Worrell, Matthew Sedacca, and Rich Calder
Published Dec. 23, 2023, 7:45 a.m. ET
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A rogue driver on the Upper East Side has found a loophole to get around parking tickets — removing his license plates.
The Post witnessed a man in a blue Honda Odyssey park on East 85th Street between York and First Avenues, before yanking the Connecticut license plate off the back of the car and stashing it in a plastic bag.
The man then strutted into a nearby apartment building at 424 E. 85th Street, where he works as a super.
Neighborhood residents say the slippery scofflaw had been pulling the same trick for months, to avoid being slapped with parking tickets and being towed.
They said they called the cops multiple times on the serial parking abuser but officials said police are not able to tow vehicles that have no plates — so-called “ghost cars” — unless the city Sanitation Department first marks them for removal.
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Here’s a novel idea: team a Policeman, Sanitation official, and a few tow trucks. Sanitation tags the car, the Police ticket it, and the tow truck takes it away. Ez Pee Zee.
I like street justice by the Fire Department when someone blocks a hydrane; let the fire folks practice breaking car windows and hooking up a leaky hose for a few hours. Good practice and I bet you only need the NY Post to photo it. Problem solved.
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