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Fighting NYC parking tickets on Fox last night

Last night on Fox-TV, John Deutzman did another terrific piece about fighting NYC parking tickets. Check out the video clip here and John Deutzman's parking ticket blog here.

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NYC parking tickets suspended during tornado

All NYC parking tickets that were given out from August 8th-August 10th during the recent bad storm (classified as a tornado) for alternate-side parking violations in the 66th, 68th, 70th and 72nd precincts do not have to be paid. The City has stated that there is no need to contest them because they will be automatically dismissed. If you've already paid your NYC parking ticket, you are slated to automatically get a refund.

This is all well and good, but I would keep the parking ticket in a safe place so that if the City makes any error regarding your case, you are prepared with the evidence showing the date that you were issued the ticket.

At least we didn't all have to complain till we're blue in the face to get these NYC parking tickets dismissed, like we did during the ice storm last winter.

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Erik on CBS-TV News 8-13-07

I went into Manhattan yesterday and did a shoot with Kirsten Cole of CBS News. It was about parking ticket quotas and people who have received bogus NYC parking tickets. You can also check out the video here on our website.

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My interview about NYC Parking for the CBS-TV 11pm News

A few days ago, I posted about my German TV Interview and I wrote that when I got home I was contacted by CBS-TV.

They were also interested in interviewing me, this time about people who put fake NYC parking placards in...

Help fighting that NYC parking ticket and Manhattan parking ticket

DID YOU GET A NYC PARKING TICKET THAT YOU WANT TO FIGHT?

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Mary's NYC parking ticket success story

A short while ago, a reader of my Parkazine e-newsletter named Mary wrote me about a Manhattan parking ticket she received:

"On Saturday, I parked in front of 156 Bowery, between Kenmare and Broome. There were 4 signs in front of my car:
"NO STANDING 6am-10pm M-F"
"NO STANDING 4pm - 7pm except Sunday."
"1Hour Parking 10am - 4pm except Sunday."
"No Parking 10am-4pm Mon Wed Fri"
I parked at 4:45 pm Saturday March 3, 2007 and returned to my car at 5:40pm and had a ticket on my

How to beat a parking ticket - a personal experience

I had to fight a parking ticket yesterday. No, I didn’t get one, my wife did - but she didn’t deserve it, she hadn’t done anything wrong.

What happened was that in early January my wife Manuela attended a "Mommy Group" with our baby boy Liam at a hospital in Mineola, NY and parked on a street that had street signs that read "90 Minute Parking".


After about 80 minutes she came out with a registered nurse who runs the group and a Mommy friend with her baby and the 5 of them (3 adults, 2 babies) decided to take a walk. Being married to The Parking Expert, my wife of course new she had to move the car, so she...

Bloomberg’s Parking Ticket Dilemma - NYC Wants The Cash

Time To Pay The Piper

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s initial reaction to last week’s snow/sleet storm was that it wasn’t that bad and that he’d "rather sleep in, too". Although many people were iced in and couldn’t move their cars, the Mayor decided not to suspend the alternate side street cleaning parking rules the day after the storm.

Change of Heart

A couple of days later, after a huge outcry from the public and the media alike, Mayor Bloomberg relented and stated that "I’m sorry for the inconvenience to people, but you know you have to make decisions and each of these storms is different… If you received a ticket yesterday or today, you don’t...

Mayor Bloomberg relents - street cleaning parking tickets from snowstorm waived

The New York Times has an excellent blog called The Empire Zone , which had a recent post that described how Mayor Bloomberg refused to suspend street cleaning parking rules after this week's snowstorm. Many people in various parts of NYC were unable to move their cars because snowplows had plowed them in and were given parking tickets. The Mayor originally justified...

Statistics show that parking tickets are worth fighting

An article by Elizabeth Lazarowitz from the February 12 edition of The NY Daily News features some stats that should encourage everyone to consider contesting parking tickets they receive: