IF THE HANDICAP STICKER IS BLUE IT MEANS IT IS A PERMANENT DISABILITY, IF IT IS RED IT IS A TEMPORARY DISABILITY FOR EXAMPLE MY SISTER HAD ONE FOR TWO MONTHS WHEN SHE WAS ON CRUTCHES. THIS IS VALID. GET A LIFE, GET A CAR AND STOP BEING JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU'RE WALKING.

You are WRONG.

The City of New York only issued one type of disability parking permit which is the rectangular one with the blue logo in the middle and your license plate number(s) on the right side of the permit. The other one is issued by New York State which can be used anywhere in the US, but only off-street parking in New York City. The red one maybe issued by New York "State" for temporarily disability but not New York "City". Again there's only one type of disability parking permit issued by New York City, period.

Hungtat you should read what is posted. Jetssuck said his/her sister had a red one which is for temporary disability. So you are WRONG as usual.

hungtat is of course correct. The NYC DOT Parking Enforcement Guide states that only permits the blue handicapped placards for on-street parking. All others are not valid in NYC for on-street parking. However, red handicapped hang-tags are valid in NYC, but ONLY at spaces marked as handicapped, which in NYC are all OFF-street.

So, the above placard seems to be fake.

@jetssuck -- there is no jealously here, only an effort to make the system fair, equitable and accountable.

Okay, uncivilservants is going after handicapped persons now??? Get a frigging life!!! This temp plaque is VALID! I work with a former DOT supervisor who was there for 15 years and the plague has been validated. It is red to differentiate it from the permanent ones. Maybe you saw the one for 2009-2009? That may be why it's under the 2009-2010 plague? Maybe this person had to be reevalauted every year to determine if this person needs one for this year? Maybe that's why there are two plagues there??? The issure is the NYC DOT. It's right there, get some glasses so you can read. Did the plague match the plates? Did you even read that it is for on street and muni meter lots??? Did you read that it is valid only in NYC? How about that it says it's a special parking ID??? If it's there today, I'll gladly meet you there and we'll see if it's legit! Yeah, hung, I'm talking to you. I don't believe the overzealousness of posters who just post BS stuff like this just to bump up posts!

calm down mvodohmh. you are making a big deal out of this. i posted it just to collect information.

i checked with NYC DOT 5 times and i was told whether the disability is temporary or permanent, whether it requires annual re-evaluation or not, there's only "one" and only "one" type of disabled parking permit issued by the New York City Department of Transportation for people with disability which is the rectangular one with BIG blue logo in the middle.

whether your former DOT supervisor was there from the 80s or 90s is another story. things have changed, my friend. :)

and if the city does such a lousy job laminating two parking permits into one, i will be really concerned.

Mvo is correct. The red disability placard is legal. They are given on year to year basis. That is why they are temporary. So as usual Lawandorder and Hungtat you are WRONG again.

dragonman i did NOT say the red disability placard is illegal. i said the red one is only issued by the New York "State", not New York "City." So the one posted cannot be issued by New York "City." Do you understand?

Do you understand that a red one WILL NOT get a ticket.

hung, read what you posted on the SIDEBAR. you stated the permit type was a "Fake Permit" and the violation was "Fraudulant/Invalid Permit". So explain that! Oh and the supervisor CALLED into the NYC DOT and got a CURRENT supervisor to validate the temp permit. Yeah, they DO keep in touch. I'm making a big deal out of it because some of you posters have gotten out of hand putting up ANYTHING that goes against your sense of righteousness that only bikers and walkers have the right to the city streets. There are TWO permits there. One under the other. If you look closely at the upper left hand corner, you'll see that the corner of another permit is peeking out. how do I know it's a permit? Well if you look at the right side of the top permit, you will see a line of astericks running down the side. And there seems to be some kind of red lettering at the very top of the line. Could it be the same wording on the top permit??? *GASP* OMG!!! I think it is! Oh yeah, the laminating is CLEAR so that's why you see the second permit under the current one!

mvodohmh,

- the only choice i have is "fake permit" rather than "possible fake permit".
- you are lying about the supervisor because my friend at NYC DOT has never ever seen this permit before and an investigation is underway. i can give you a case number if you like.
- don't you find it unusual that two permits are on top of one another laminated as a single parking permit? if you don't, i don't know what to tell you. the city would never ever laminate two permits into one just to save money.

not trying to argue with you here. just want to know the truth about this permit.

I have never lied about the supervisor. I'm sure you want to keep your source like I want to keep mine. Let's just say we talked to DOT supervisors and they are in disagreement. I would love to see this person get theirs if they are using a fake permit to get parking. But like I said before, why is this site allowing non-civil servants permits get on here? Going overboard. Reread my last post, I did not say the DOT laminated two together. I said one was on top of another making it look like two were together.

so mvodohmh you do agree something is suspicious with this permit, right?

hung, I tip my hat off to your diligence. My source now says after looking through "The Book" of legal placards, the verdict is fake. But as I stated before, let's stick with civil servants abusing the placard and parking situation.

thank you mvodohmh. i agree with you 110% that this site should focus on civil servants unless it changes its name altogether to cover all placards.

Point taken...what about license plates? I am a handicapped man in Virginia, and I have a disabled motorist license plate. Doesnt NYC recognise those plates?

NYC recognizes it for "off-street" parking only like in parking lots.