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A police officer in New York City has been fined and will lose vacation days for impersonating a 311 operator in an attempt to discourage a man from reporting illegal parking at an NYPD precinct. The officer, John Madera, targeted Justin Sherwood, who had filed numerous complaints about police officers parking their personal cars on sidewalks and in bike lanes near precincts. Madera accessed Sherwood's confidential contact information and called him, falsely claiming that he might be barred from calling 311 due to his complaints. Sherwood filed a lawsuit over the incident, which resulted in a settlement of over $157,000. This case highlights the issue of police misconduct and the widespread practice of parking on sidewalks near precincts. [Extracted from the article]

Analysis on uncollected fines City Council member Gale Brewer, who requested the IBO analysis on uncollected fines, called on the city to "unearth every available dime before telling agencies to make cuts." Blame scofflaw drivers for the city's belt-tightening. [Extracted from the article]

One bill, sponsored by Council member Lincoln Restler, would eliminate approximately 60,000 city-issued parking placards given to municipal, state and federal officials. City Council legislation introduced June 2 seeks to curb the misuse of parking placards by government employees by revoking thousands of the permits and empowering New Yorkers to report drivers who abuse their parking privileges. [Extracted from the article]

Just one month after introducing a bill that would reduce small-businesses' fines, Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera is offering another amnesty measure. Cabrera's amnesty plan would be administered by the Department of Finance, which oversees the parking violations bureau and collects fees inside and outside the state. [Extracted from the article]

For example, the city of Ecorse rid itself of parking minimums, according to the Portland, Ore.-based Parking Reform Network, which tracks the movement to rethink parking requirements around the country. Rules by location Different types of property have different parking minimums in Detroit, said Eric Fazzini, a city planner for the Detroit City Council's Legislative Policy Division and the Detroit Planning Commission. In 2018, the city hired Austin, Texas-based Code Studio to update its zoning regulations, including how the city handles parking requirements, said Marcell Todd, the director of the Detroit City Planning Commission. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports the claim by economist Donald Shoup as of November 2018 that the implementation of a dynamically priced, citywide parking fee will help prevent illegal parking in New York City.

The article reports on the move by the New York City Department of Finance to increase the fines of illegal parking to compel drivers to park legally, as of November 2018. Topics include the efforts by the group of New York Trucking and Delivery Association chief executive officer Ken Thorpe to fight the increase, the fines for such infractions as traffic obstruction and double parking, and the comment of City Council member Costa Constantinides on the issue.

The article reports on the institutionalization of illegal parking in New York. Parking tickets are described as the bane of many companies including plumbing firm Advantage Plumbing which spends 50,000 U.S. dollars in violations and FedEx which ran up 1.8 million U.S. dollars ticket violations. They are joined by UPS, the U.S. Postal Service, Verizon, Time Warner and other businesses which compose the bulk of the city budget's 550 million U.S. dollars a year parking-ticket bonanza.

The article lists several blog in Michigan as of April 21, 2014 which include Kevyn Orr's parking tickets, Chad Halcom's legal business, and Tom Henderson's high technology.