NY Daily News: Ex-MTA boss keeps placard, gets free parking at train station
Reported by lawandorder on Tue, May 06 2008
A wealthy former MTA chairman not only has a police-issued parking permit - but also a no-cost parking spot at a Metro-North station in a tony Westchester village.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently slashed the number of dashboard placards issued through the MTA Police Department - but politically connected Virgil Conway, who left the board in 2001, managed to keep the perk, the Daily News has learned.
Conway told The News that he uses the permit to "identify" his car to police at the Bronxville train station, where he is allowed to park in a no-cost, reserved MTA spot.
"It's a courtesy," he said.
[more at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/05/06/2008-05-06_exmta_boss_keeps_placard_gets_free_parki.html]
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Posted on Tue, May 06 2008 at 11:52 AM
As long as he uses his MTA-Police issued permit to park in a spot on MTA property, whats the problem? (The permit afterall, is made for EXACTLY that, to identify cars who are allowed to park in certain "signed" spots...)
Posted on Tue, May 06 2008 at 03:22 PM
This burns me!, Elitist Bloomberg takes it away from the Auxiliary Police which patrol our city for free! but yet this self serving rich fat cat gets a nice official police plaque.
He could afford to hire his own driver, he can afford to buy a parking lot in the city!...Why on earth does this man need a permit?....Is this the USA or the Soviet Union circa 1972?
Posted on Mon, Jun 02 2008 at 07:03 AM
This is the USA, and here when you work hard you get rewarded.
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