Prison guards park in intersection and crosswalk again
Observed by IamEntitled on Fri, Nov 02 2007
In a previous post - http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/2176 - I noted how this exact same car enjoys parking in the intersection. Other prison guards enjoy sidewalk and double parking around the Bayview correctional facility, and today we've ratcheted up the special privileges another step: parking official state vehicles right in the crosswalk, over the curb. What will these clever folks think of next? M14 and M23 buses stop right nearby, and these buses are apparently good enough for the executives at InterActiveCorp down the street. Those families coming to visit their loved ones in prison; those folks going to Chelsea Piers across West Street; and those employees of Bermuda limousine directly across West 20th street are constantly inconvenienced by these über-entitled prison guards and staff who daily park with impunity. If the guards were not entitled to violate City parking regulations, the State would have ample places to park its vehicles necessary for prisoner transport. Warden, you've got a mission to take corrective action. This isn't rural Hamilton County in the Adirondacks -- it's a densely-populated city whose residents ought to be able to walk on their sidewalks.
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Posted on Sat, Nov 03 2007 at 09:26 AM
Public transportation does NOT work for most of these employees. We've said it many times before!
They have forced overtime, and can not depend on the buses to get then home at all times of the night. I know a guy who works a Central Booking in Brooklyn who had 60+ hours of overtime last month. Most of it not planned, just had to stay for an extra shift. This happens to more people then you'd think. Forget public transportation, and find them "legal" parking spots!
Posted on Mon, Nov 05 2007 at 10:37 AM
You can get home just as easily on the bus if you stay past rush hour. Easier in fact. And sixty hours of overtime in a month is NOTHING. I pull at least 70 hours a week and I take the train every single day. Laziness is not an excuse.
And nobody, repeat NOBODY actually NEEDS an suv if the only purpose is getting them to and from work in New York City. These are not the jungles of Jurassic Park, people, part of the reason nobody can park is because all the obnoxious and absolutely superfluous SUVs take up three times the space they should.
Posted on Mon, Nov 05 2007 at 03:38 PM
I have to agree, i was a correction officer for 6 years. Toughest job ever had. Long hours, unpredictable overtime,
Its true, you really need your vehicle with this kind of job, its just sad that this agency doesn't do more for their officers and find parking for them or pay for parking in some lot nearby. So what are these underpaid officers forced to do?, exactly what you see. Dont fault the workers fault the administration.
Correction Officers really don't get the respect they deserve. Society thinks that when you send a guy to jail he somehow disappears. Well these are the people that are paid to take care of those people who are put away.
Posted on Mon, Nov 12 2007 at 11:41 PM
Saint, Give it up. Just stop. Public transportation is NOT the way to go for every single NYer.
Have you tried taking a bus or train from Brooklyn to Queens? or Long Island?
You say staying PAST rush hour is easy, sure. But what about the people that stay INTO rush hour. They pulled a forced double, want to get home, and NOW they are standing on a crowded slow rushhour bus knowing that they have to be back at work in a few hours, at a job that becomes exponentially more dangerous as fatiuge level goes up?
I agree that no one NEEDS an SUV. But it is still a free country, and people may own whatever vehicle they choose for whatever reason they choose. The SUV thing is a non-issue.
Neo9999, Thank you for all your hard work.
Posted on Tue, Nov 13 2007 at 06:52 PM
Taking the chop-logic of neo9999 and 14FeetAway one step further, Manhattan would become a vast gridlocked parking lot to accommodate all the city employees who work overtime and who in your esteem merited free parking for their gas guzzlers. Good thing Mayor Bloomberg has a vision for this city that doesn't include the 10,000 exceptions to which these chaps are accustomed.
Posted on Wed, Nov 14 2007 at 04:56 PM
IamE, stop going into exagerations. Just answer the questions.
How do you get from Brooklyn to Queens (or LI, or SI), and back, using public transportation, with only a few hour window before you have to be back at work? Why even go home at that point?
The only way to make it, is to have a car, and drive. Public transportation does not work for everyone.
Posted on Sat, Nov 24 2007 at 05:58 PM
"How do you get from Brooklyn to Queens (or LI, or SI), and back, using public transportation, with only a few hour window before you have to be back at work?" I don't presume every officer works 16 hours per day as you do. While I agree that public transportation is not for everyone, I do frequently take the subway to and from Brooklyn and Queens, and I am certainly no stranger to the Staten Island Ferry. Unless shift is ending at midnight, it's probably faster to take public transportation than to drive. I know I sure can get from that prison to Staten Island much faster by subway and ferry. But let's take this analysis one step further: Why do you suppose these guards don't live in the Bronx or upper Manhattan or even New Jersey? What makes you think anyone can be alert and awake enough to drive for 30 to 45 minutes after a 16-hour shift?
"Why even go home at that point?" I used to go home after 16-hour shifts so I could sleep.
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