It looks like a post office across the street. Is that a motor cycle covered on the sidewalk?

There sure is a post office on this street, but it's on the same side that the car is parked on. USPS employees have a zone across the street (frequently abused by non-USPS employees with fake/stolen placards), but this driver decided to park illegally.

Yes, that is a motorscooter covered up on the sidewalk. It has been reported to 311 repeatedly, but the 9th Pct doesn't seem to be inclined to investigate.

Law: How do you know they are non-postal employees. The only way they can park there is using a priority box or an express envelope placed in the window of their car. Letter carriers or Mailhandlers or Maintenance personnel don't get placards.

dragonman - as I've explained before, I live in the area, so I know who is, and who is not, a USPS employee.

They are not using priority or express envelopes (not valid), but are using older photocopied permits without plate #s on them.

"Letter carriers or Mailhandlers or Maintenance personnel don't get placards." That may be so, but from what I've observed over the years, everybody at this facility has a permit, valid or otherwise. So, half the blame goes to the TEAs who don't write over these permits.

Priority boxes and express envelopes are valid. That is how we let the NYPD know we are postal employees. You don't know everyone in that facility. They could be from another facility working there. Any Postal employee can park at any restricted parking for Postal employees only at any facility. Also for your information if you happen to see a Government license plate they can park there also with out a placard.

Priority boxes and express envelopes are more certainly not valid, as anybody could use them. I do live in the area, and I see these people every day, so please do not tell me that I don't know if they are employees or not. I do know them, and I know that they are not employees. Additionally, if you had read the post and my prior comments, you'd know that that a) this car is parking in a "No Parking Anytime" zone -- there is no rider on the sign, meaning that no, they cannot park there; and that b) the "restricted parking" area for postal employees is across the street. Finally, this vehicle does not have a government license plate, and no, they cannot park where they want.

They are valid in USPS parking only. If for some reason a Postal employee gets a ticket while legally parked in a USPS parking only all They have to do is go to court, show their ID and guess what THE TICKET GETS THROWN OUT.

dragonman, If you read the latest regulations promulgated by the City in regards to parking placards, things like postal boxes are not in any way valid. Anything that is not issued by DoT or NYPD is bogus.

That may be the case law. But like I've stated before all we have to do is show our ID and it gets thrown out.