... cause this person can't read streets signs, nor "their" permit.

mismatch in license plate. this is a chronic problem with this car in this location. since 311 calls are ineffective, the next step will be to call the USPS Office of Inspector General.

Car with invalid USPS placard (wrong license plate), parked on the sidewalk.

with invalid permit (different plate)

pretty typical in this spot. this car was parked here all day.

This guy likes to park on the sidewalk:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/3511

and also probably commit insurance fraud.

This USPS employee apparently has no problem affording an Audi, a house in the Hamptons, and ski trips (judging from the ski box on the roof). But when it comes to parking, the owner shuns the for-pay garage across from the post office and parks illegally in a "No Standing Anytme" zone.

As of March 1, "spoof" permits such as those issued by Planetarium Station for their 80-odd employees are subject to summonses, towing, and "further prosecution":

http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/03/city-hall-reduces-parking-placards-20-centralizes-control/

We deliver ourselves to our place of employment and park illegally on your block.

The place YOU belong is West Virginia, not parking illegally with a Planetarium Station "permit" in a "No Standing Anytime" zone with West Virginia plates. What kind of "further prosecution does Cmr. Kelly have in mind for you?

Cmr. Kelly said yesterday that there will be "further prosecution" of "spoof" permits. I wonder if this one qualifies?

Day in and day out for at least a year (that's when I started noticing), USPS employees have been parking their personal vehicles in "No Standing Zones" adjacent to Planetarium Station on West 83rd St. This picture shows the scene on December 17, 2007 (the hidden plate info for this post corresponds to the red sedan in front).

Here are some prior posts from last spring--in the comments, the postal employees consistently argue that they are entitled to park illegally like this:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1125

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1124

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1121

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1120

Now, Commissioner Kelly has announced that invalid and fake permits (such as the ones used by USPS Employees on W.83rd) will no longer be honored and there may be "further action" against those who use them:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/03/city-hall-reduces-parking-placards-20-centralizes-control/

Let's see what happens on West 83rd Street . . .

Also note the black SUV ahead, parked on the sidewalk (another USPS placard).

This guy does not work for the post office, yet he has a post office placard, and parks in a No Parking Anytime zone reserved only for Post Office employees.

Pretty common with this post office. They often park on the sidewalk and double-park.

I suspect that this guy is also committing insurance fraud because he's had the same South Carolina plates for over a year. His older Cadillac also had South Carolina plates for several years. Something tells me he's not commuting from the The Palmetto State every day.

I filed a 311 ticket.

These guys love parking on the sidewalk, double-parking and not paying for meters.

The employees at the Peter Stuyvesant Station Post Office on 14th/13th St frequently park official and private vehicles on the sidewalk. They double-park their private cars a lot too, especially during street cleaning, and spend a lot of time moving or sitting in their private cars, instead of working.

I haven't bothered to take any pictures until now.

There's also a few local residents with stolen/copied USPS placards, who park illegally with impunity.

On the east corner of ninth avenue just south of 30th street, both a postal worker and a traffic control officer, parked in the two spaces for taxi relief. The DMV is more than 4 blocks away from this corner.

In case you want one of your own, they usually leave those underneath mailboxes.

This home-printed permit is almost as ridiculous as the one in the SUV in front of this car.

Parked in driveway in no parking zone.

Here's another reason why the FDNY should not park on the sidewalk next to this school . . . it provides cover for frauds like this guy with NYPD parking enforcement, who apparently believe that anyone brazen enough to park on the curb here must be too important a public employee to ticket.

Let's see, how many laws can this guy break? He's got a fraudulent permit, he's on the sidewalk, and he's straddling a "No Standing-Fire Zone" and "No Standing 7-4 pm School Zone," at 3:30 pm.

And here's another picture of this repeat offender on the same block:

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/864

How long will it take for LE, FDNY, and all the other detractors of this site to recognize that the present system--in which anyone with a scrap of paper on their dash gets to do whatever they want with their car--has to be changed?

What's with the Alabama plates and a USPS Planetarium Station placard in this No Standing Anytime zone? I think this guy may have overstayed his welcome in the big apple as he was issued a $180 parking ticket more than 2 months ago in the Bronx, according to the DOF. Why is NYPD parking enforcement letting this guy park illegally for free when there is pay lot across the street?

Admin, "AL" needs to be included in the pull-down list of states for inputting plate info on posts.

Another postal employee with daily free parking privileges in a "No Standing Anytime" zone courtesy of NYPD parking enforcement.

Another postal worker using an invalid permit to park in the "No Standing Anytime" zone, while the placard-less chumps who live in this neighborhood have to pay $20/day to park in the garage or risk getting a ticket from parking enforcement, who inexplicably fail to ticket the postal employees.

Why is NYPD parking enforcement giving these postal workers a free ride on us?

This post contains, in the non-public second and third pictures, info for the tan Dodge in the rear.

This post contains,, int he non-public second and third phtotos, the information for the blue Isuzu SUV in the middle. Why should this guy with PA plates get to park in the "No Standing Anytime" zone just because he (might) work at the post office down the block? Would this guy choose to drive from Pa. if he had to pay to park like the people in this neighborhood? Or maybe he lives in the neighborhood, and fraudulently registers his car in Pa. to save on insurance?

Also, the permit bears the handwritten number "72"--that's a pretty large number of permits to be issued by a neighborhood post office.

The postal employees at Planetarium Station treat this stretch of "No Standing Anytime" curbside parking as their own personal parking lot. There were a number of placard-less cars on the block with tickets when I came by--why are parking enforcemt personnel honoring these placards and subsidizing USPS at the expense of the city, the community, and the owner of the pay lot right across the street?

This post contains, in the second and third non-public pictures, the info for the black Acura in the foreground.

Time to upgrade from that outdated bubblejet printer, and work on those tenses. A fresh piece of paper would help too.

Does not entitle holder to park in no standing zone.

No control number or expiration date on this permit. Apparently can't even fool traffic enforcement (at least not all the time); this guy has an unpaid $125 ticket for parking in this no standing zone last month.

but a creative camera angle solved that problem. Even if the permit was current, does not entitle user to park in a no standing anytime zone.

Looks like it was altered. Whichever it is, its expired. It's also invalid in this no standing anytime zone, even if it were current. And what's with the North Carolina plates? Can you say insurance fraud?

This post includes the permit and license plate info for the sedan, saved to a non-public protion of this site.

While the permits on the sedan appear more legit than those on the Jeep, neither car is entitled to park in this no standing anytime zone.

Drives in from Jersey to work in a Post Office on the Upper West Side and parks on the sidewalk? Bad manners. Oh, and by the way, he's got $330 in unpaid tickets, including parking in front of a fire hydrant right here on this block.