looks like this is legal parking if all those cars are cops there must be a work related place there duhhh

This looks like a SEZ for court officers. Any summonses on the cars??? NO

NO saftey hazard... not eligible for my contest....

What's with the zigzag, it's a cool but what does it mean? How do you know its a fake permit?

How is it a fake permit?

A fake permit is one issued by a private group, like a union, and is used to evade parking penalties.

I could print my own and it would be just as illegal

Technically it's an invalid permit. Court Officer, Court Clerk, Uniformed Firefighters, EMT union, Correction union, etc. are issued by unions and are not recognized for any parking privileges by the City of New York (except the TEAs in NYPD, which ignore the problem). We've been contacted by the EMT union head and the Corrections union reps who have both confirmed this. The UFA head said in a Daily News article that the permits confer no parking privileges. Only the Court Officers and Clerks unions have been silent on this, though the Office of Court Administration and the Unified Court System have said repeatedly that the permits are not meant to allow parking privileges. They are merely for identification purposes in off-street facilities. Because many of the unions are statewide, there are undoubtedly facilities around NY State where these permits help you park. NYC streets are not such facilities.

Given that this is the case, WEARETHEPOLICE, how the hell is this a Court Officer SEZ???

The law is the law. If you are in this city, you are bound by it, whether you put yourself in harms way or not. And there are plenty of jobs in this city that are far more dangerous that standing around a courtroom or even being a cop. Generally, a cop in this city finds a life threatening situation maybe a few times in their career. Every single day there are hundreds of people risking their lives for sometimes ten to fifteen hours a day just to keep this city standing. Welders, steelworkers, construction workers, sanitation engineers (ever see a storm drain choked with trash? who do you think cleans all that crap up?). You know how many of those people are literally built in to the foundations of this city because of accidents? I don't see any leniency for them.