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streeter🚲

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noun, person in the street. I watch movies and ride a bicycle. I also report #nycidling . Transportation equity, clean air. Views are mine.

Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2011
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@_streeter
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3 years
On 8/30/2019 I spent the day riding my bike around NYC and recording videos of idling trucks. I recorded 16 videos. 2 were rejected. 14 summonses were issued. 1 was dismissed (BS). COVID-delayed hearings were in late 2020 and early 2021. I collected $1,187.50 for that 1 day.
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@_streeter
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2 years
C’mon @MTA two in a row at 1:55 pm on Jay St at Fulton St.
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10 months
hi @ConEdison does this magnet serve any purpose aside from avoiding speeding, red light or bus camera tickets? Ashland Pl between Willoughby St and DeKalb Ave.
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10 months
Hi @Verizon Very interesting that your vehicle with license plate # 43247JY has collected 203 violations but only one in 2023: I came upon it on Smith Street in Brooklyn with no front or rear license plate. Maybe that's why? 1/7
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@_streeter
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8 months
hi @MTA why is your contractor allowed to deface his license plate? And why would he have a PA plate? (He was also illegally idling for over 3 minutes and has been reported, fyi)
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2 years
Helped out this guy from New Hampshire who somehow got a leaf stuck on both his front and rear license plate. Amazing coincidence. @HowsMyDrivingNY nh:CH354C8
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2 years
Hi @Verizon I just spotted one of your trucks with a taped over license plate. How do I claim my one month free FIOS reward? @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:79097ml
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3 years
Another thing I’ll add is that the reason the anti-idling bill passed was because NYPD was not willing to enforce. The same needs to happen with #intro2159 #passintro2159 which would similarly allow citizens to report illegal parking that NYPD refuses to address.
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8 months
hey @MTA why do I keep seeing this? (at Barclay's Center)
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9 months
hi @MTA will you please stop folding your license plates?
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2 years
One thing I love about living in New York City is the diversity. Take this street for example - the cars are from all over the country!
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2 years
Hi @Verizon why do your technicians keep covering or obscuring their license plates? What is your policy on stealing from the city of NY? @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:14476MB
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2 years
@NYCTSubway Thank you. The first vehicle was reported to you with the same piece of tape two weeks ago. This is a pretty serious offense for a city employee - was nobody informed two weeks ago? What happened? Perhaps you should escalate this to the supervisor’s supervisor for allowing this.
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2 years
Hi @NYCTSubway . The driver of this van appears to have taped over the license plate
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2 years
Insurance fraud, toll theft, speed/light camera evasion outside 55 Court St, Brooklyn @HowsMyDrivingNY FL:63AFIA
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3 years
@brooklyn_darren Legalize carwalking!
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3 years
Karloff’s early review of the brand new Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path! 3 1/2 paws out of 5.
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2 years
Hi @amazon one of your trucks was (1) illegally dispatched into Dumbo Brooklyn this afternoon ( @illegal53NYC ) where it (2) ripped the mirror off a parked car and (3) just drove off. Oh and (4) that license plate is forged - that’s not an 8, it’s a 0. Can you please explain?
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@_streeter
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3 years
@alex_fermin_ @placardabuse “what are you gonna do about it” truly is the NYPD’s mantra. And they’re absolutely right. They are untouchable and unshameable. They will face no consequence for anything they do.
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3 years
That’s just so far. One hearing is still set for 10/5. I don’t attend these or have to do anything. Four others have defaulted and if they’re ever paid, I get $250 for each.
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1 year
This truck is illegal on every square inch of Brooklyn @illegal53NYC
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3 years
I don’t know if I could get 16 videos every day, but 8-10 is probably realistic. They have to be 4 minutes (2 min. in school zones). In terms of submissions, I got to a point where it took me about 20 minutes to review, process and submit, but there was definetly a learning curve
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3 years
During a lunch hour walk from my office to Barnes & Noble in Midtown on 7/16/2019 I recorded 5 videos. 2 defaulted and have yet to be paid. The others paid and I collected $262.50 so far. Not bad for a lunch break.
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2 years
Not required to un-cover: license plates
@amNewYork
amNewYork™
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Mayor Eric Adams says that city businesses should require patrons to unmask as a condition of entry in order to deter robberies, by ensuring people are recognizable on surveillance cameras.
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10 months
@theoneyouread @ConEdison 1) Con Edison is a company, not a person, 2) I didn’t touch the car - only touched a magnet and a plate that’s property of the NY DMV
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10 months
hi @ConEdison I fixed another one of your license plates. Hope you have good use for all the money you save by illegally evading speed cameras all over NYC. This was at 5th Ave & Park Pl, Brooklyn.
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1 year
Update 3 months later! Nice to see where your priorities are @Verizon
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2 years
Hi @Verizon I just spotted one of your trucks with a taped over license plate. How do I claim my one month free FIOS reward? @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:79097ml
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1 year
Hi @ydanis can you please not fold your license plate? @NYC_DOT
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3 years
I didn’t even spend the entire day doing this. I caught a matinee of Angel Has Fallen at the AMC Empire 25. (It was okay)
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3 years
In total I have made over $10,000 from 163 submissions, with more money coming my way and a potential of over $10k due to me in defaults (which unless the city tries to collect, I’m not likely to receive - but definitely a small chunk of it).
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1 year
The gift that keeps on giving.
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10 months
Here’s just the front of a long 🐘 line of idling ghost trucks. A regular occurrence on Hamilton Ave in Brooklyn. None of these trucks have legible rear license plates, and only on a few have front plates that aren’t mangled. The kicker? They’re all @NYC_DOT trucks.
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4 years
More info: -video report on VICE: -detailed How To: -NYC DEP Idling complaint site: 5/5
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1 year
Srsly @MTA ? (cc @LIRR it was one of theirs)
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2 years
#criminalmischief a magnetic leaf. People are trash. @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:knk1185 @defacedplateNYC
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2 years
This guy removed his truck’s license plate for some #nycidling today If not for the #nycidling law there would be zero consequence, thanks to DEP accepting plateless complaints from civilians like you! This is in @NYPD84Pct where plate shenanigans are unenforced (aka ALLOWED)
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2 years
@TimmyShea @MTA It’s to avoid red light and speed camera tickets and my guess is that if it’s unreadable, it’s just discarded and nobody tries to figure out who or what it might be.
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Who's worried about congestion pricing? Certainly not the (mostly) NJ-based dump truck industry that serves NYC. Check out this 🐘 line of dump trucks on Fulton St in Downtown Brooklyn today for some tips! 7 trucks, guess how many are defaced!
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2 years
Just helping out this NYPD #hero on Joralemon St fix his vandalized rear license plate. #criminalmischief @placardabuse @HowsMyDrivingNY NY:KHX2528
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3 years
On 8/14/2019 I recorded 10 videos. 2 rejected, 1 dismissed, 1 hearing still left (10/26/21). 1 defaulted and still hasn’t paid (and may never). The other 5 did pay and I collected $437.50.
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2 years
@CityLab @FolaAk @SkylarWoodhouse Whatever the unintended consequences might be, it would be a huge improvement from the lawless status quo that all the agencies (especially NYPD) prefer.
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This @illegal53NYC won’t get a ticket for occupying the Schermerhorn St bike lane because @NYPD84Pct has no interest in enforcing such laws. But thanks to citizen enforcement of another law that the NYPD paid no mind ( #nycidling ) BLACK EAGLE TRANSP. will likely get a $350 summons
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On 9/23/2019 it looks like I spent another day doing this and recorded 12 videos. 1 rejected, 1 dismissed, 3 defaulted/unpaid. 1 defaulted and paid. In total I got $950 for the day. I also caught a matinee of Rambo: Last Blood at the Regal E-Walk. Horrible movie, ruined my day.
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10 months
Intro 1260, introduced yesterday by @ebottcher @OswaldFeliz and @BobHoldenNYC would impose harsher penalties missing or defaced license plates: But how does that change anything if nobody is willing to enforce it? 7/7
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2 years
I recorded 90 #nycidling complaints in 3 days, AMA
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3 years
@THAToneil @Tellythecairn @2AvSagas I have tried to tell so many people about this program but NOBODY is ever interested. I always sound like I’ve got some kind of pyramid scheme going. To be fair, it’s not very intuitive. Lots of little rules and quirks. Big learning curve.
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2 years
Hi @NYPD84Pct please arrest this man and his partner in crime for criminal mischief. That sponge is worth hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars to the driver of that vehicle. These perps need to go to jail. @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:jbb6250 Cc @_elkue (the king) @GershKuntzman
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2 years
@CityLab @FolaAk @SkylarWoodhouse Additionally, why is this always focused on bike lanes? Why is that the headline? Let’s talk about sidewalks (Hello ADA!) & bus lanes (hundreds of thousands of (often lower income) riders suffer major delays every single day because NYPD has zero interest in enforcing these laws)
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10 months
@ConEdison The frequency with which I spot obscured, bent or defaced plates on @ConEdison vehicles has increased sharply in Brooklyn in recent months. It’s out of control, and you clearly aren’t doing anything about it. The individuals who do this to your fleet are thieves.
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3 years
On 9/5/2019 I recorded 10 videos. All were issued summonses and “I” (or the DEP, or the City of New York) won all of them. 5 are in default and unpaid. For the other 5 I collected $437.50.
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3 years
I think those are the only full/near-full days I spent doing this. Then I got a new job and mostly stopped. I took Friday 9/24 and Monday 9/28 2020 off from work and recorded 23 videos. 3 were rejected, 2 dismissed, 6 defaulted/unpaid. I’ve received $1206.25 so far.
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1 year
Bahaha Maybe arrest them instead
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3 years
Further info here:
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4 years
More info: -video report on VICE: -detailed How To: -NYC DEP Idling complaint site: 5/5
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10 months
I flagged a nearby traffic enforcement agent, but she offered them a courtesy. Really, a COURTESY? Just send a completely plate-free truck on its merry way? 5/7
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10 months
My buddy and I pleaded with her and she agreed to write a ticket. Red Hoodie Manager got belligerent with me. Frankly, the TEA should have called for back-up and had the truck towed away and the driver arrested. Instead, her first instinct was to just offer a courtesy. 🤷‍♂️ 6/7
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2 years
Spotted in Manhattan, another sign that Int. 501 is so desperately needed.
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3 years
@capittalism Looks like fun!!
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2 years
@BrandonWC @MTA It’s okay Brandon, they’re doing an investigation into who they will be giving a raise to.
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2 years
My #nycidling for the month of February: -recordings: 610 -submissions: 547 -hearings: 85 -summonses issued: 339 -rejections: 10 -dismissed: 2 -payments: $8,100
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11 months
@NYCBikeLanes This intersection also often has traffic cops who wave cars through even when cyclists are approaching with the right of way.
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8 months
@NYCTSubway I have tagged @mta on all past videos. It remains a regular occurrence in Downtown Brooklyn.
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10 months
@geoff150 @ConEdison Oh why, what will happen?
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5 years
Hey @nyctaxi this driver blocking the protected #bikenyc lane at the MNH entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge is quite a smoothie! @HowsMyDrivingNY NY:T725707C
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2 years
@kleib323 @MTA @NYCTSubway That’s the exact same piece of tape
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3 years
@NYCBikeLanes @_elkue Yeah. It’s remarkable that this person is caught doing this several times and other than having to tape up new leaves, he will face no consequence.
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10 months
@jehiah @galeabrewer @placardabuse "discretion" is their favorite word
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3 years
@DavidZipper I can vouch for it too - #nycidling pays
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3 years
On 8/30/2019 I spent the day riding my bike around NYC and recording videos of idling trucks. I recorded 16 videos. 2 were rejected. 14 summonses were issued. 1 was dismissed (BS). COVID-delayed hearings were in late 2020 and early 2021. I collected $1,187.50 for that 1 day.
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3 years
The last videos I recorded and submitted were in January 2021 (been plenty busy with my job and often don’t feel like stopping when I see a truck idling)
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2 years
Thanks to @NYPD84Pct allowing it, this guy won’t get in trouble for stealing tolls and doesn’t have to worry so much about camera tickets, occasionally paying a pathetic $25 for covering his plate. Only for his #nycidling today will he face any meaningful consequence ($350).
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10 months
The truck was illegally idling with these guys inside. 2/7
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2 years
@CMRestler WTF Lincoln, New Xcell and Sam’s are now using the Old Fulton sidewalk and bike lane on SATURDAYS. This was previously just a weekend theft. Hundreds of tourists pass here. How much of a discount do city employees get here that this is acceptable? CC @NYCBikeLanes
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2 years
(video by a non-tweeting friend who, unlike the driver, felt the courtesy to leave a note) CC @NYPD84Pct - FYI, this is what happens when you turn a blind eye to illegal trucks and covered/obstructed license plates. (CC @GershKuntzman #criminalmischief ) CC @LincolnRestler
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2 years
Heya @NYCParks why are you removing your license plates?
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3 years
This bike lane is so so far from perfect. But I have to give credit to the DOT: In my 40 years, I don’t think I’ve ever looked better in a photograph!
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1 year
@ConEdison one of your drivers is a thief. @HowsMyDrivingNY ny:67530MN
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10 months
Are you practicing for congestion pricing maybe @ConEdison ?
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2 years
#nycidling alert - starting 2/13, the NYC DEP will require the download and use of the third party app Timestamp Camera Enterprise in order to submit any idling complaints. The app is free to use with ads, or you can pay to upgrade.
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1 year
This is a really bad idea. Imagine being banned from submitting 311 reports because NYPD brands you a "CHRONIC REPORTER". This is essentially what @NYCWater is trying to do here. #nycidling
@RBratspies
Rebecca Bratspies🪷RBratspies on most platforms
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In the bizarro world of NYC politics, CM Julie Menin @JulieMenin has a draft LL that would allow DEP @NYCWater to create a "code of conduct" for filing Idling Complaints (including "decorous" behavior) and refuse to accept complaints from anyone deemed in violation. WTF????
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2 years
@NYCBikeLanes Yes they have very important duties - those pistachio shells aren’t going to chuck themselves!
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3 years
I think a huge problem with the NYPD is that they just don't respect the community that they serve. Yesterday, a couple officers spent the day sitting in an SUV chucking pistachio shells out the window. It's a minor crime but shows that they just don't care about us.
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@_streeter
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3 years
NYC Please vote! And whatever you do, PLEASE don’t rank Adams. ANYONE but Adams (Unless it’s @ElizabAdams for City Council in District 33)
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2 years
Did you know? You or your company could face a $350 fine for leaving your truck's engine running in NYC. Unless you work at @NYCWater and your boss is @Rit_Aggarwala #nycidling
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3 years
@projectstartrek @MTA Did you get video as well? Sorry that they treated you that way but awesome that you stood up! Thanks!!
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3 years
Tried to do an @_elkue but this was on there TIGHT. Anyway, fuck this guy.
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2 years
Amazing that @illegal53NYC trucks still somehow just end up on our smallest streets, without a spotter. Seriously @CMRestler @NYPD84Pct why do these companies/dispatchers just get to continue to operate like this? They should be fined massive $$$ and have these vehicles seized.
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1 year
. @LincolnRestler I reported this illegally idling @Brinks truck in this very spot 2 1/2 hours ago. It is still there now. Still blocking all traffic on Jay St. This ridiculous and disruptive security theater really needs to stop.
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2 years
@tatonka311 @MTA I put the tape on the windshield
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1 year
Don’t believe everything you read. Powering signs or lights or “traffic control devices” is not a valid (or legal) reason to leave a truck engine running. Don’t let signage like this fool you - grab your phone and report the #nycidling anyway.
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@ourbikelanenyc @MTA They don’t have to pay tolls anyway. I think this is to avoid red light and speeding camera warnings (since I guess they don’t have to pay tickets anyway)
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2 years
fair to note that @casey doesn’t point out why int. 501 is needed: the NYPD practically REFUSES to ticket vehicles illegally parked in bike lanes, sidewalks, etc. This isn’t a way for the city to make money, it’s a way to circumvent the NYPD’s unwillingness to do their job.
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2 years
Congrats to AREL TRUCKING, INC of Lakeland Florida, operator of this @illegal53NYC truck, on being my 1,000th #nycidling complaint recording today.
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@_streeter
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3 years
And fuck this guy too.
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10 months
The driver played dumb when I confronted him about it, pretending that he wasn't aware. 3/7
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3 years
@BrooklynSpoke Half of them unpaid. Shouldn’t this vehicle have been booted or towed at some point?
@HowsMyDrivingNY
How's My Driving NY
3 years
@HowsMyDrivingNY As of 07:26:57 PM EST on March 6, 2022: Known fines for #TX_NZF2523 : $11,925.72 | Fined $25.51 | Reduced $6,503.42 | Paid $5,396.79 | Outstanding
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4 years
@nyc311 @NYC_DOT @TaraDHayward @placardabuse Hi 311, where can we report 311 tickets that are fraudulently marked as resolved?
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10 months
@DonnyKera @ConEdison That would be considered stealing. Just because a @ConEdison employee is a thief doesn’t mean I will stoop to their level
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Here he is explaining to Red Hoodie Manager why I'm annoyed with him. 4/7
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@_streeter
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2 years
@NYPD84Pct @NYPDTransport @NYPDBklynNorth @NYPDnews @nysdmv @NYC_DOT The odds of getting caught for this are the equivalent to winning the lottery. I routinely have alerted you to forged plates but nothing happens. You close the tickets and the fake plates remain. Rest assured, forged plate users, you are safe in the @NYPD84Pct district.
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@_streeter
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3 years
I think we have reached the point where the NY State Division of Tourism might as well just ADVERTISE that if you really need someone dead, to just bring them to NYC and hit them with your car.
@Jacob_Kaye_
Jacob Kaye
3 years
Queens DA Melinda Katz's office has decided not to prosecute the driver who fatally ran over Xing Long Lin, who was working as a delivery driver in Astoria, in April. The DA's office concluded their investigation last week. Story to come. Recap here.
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