The missing bullet point here is that city employees and quasi city employees (i.e. members of the trades) are far and away the worst offenders on every traffic and parking rule in existence.
City employees unfortunately have a lot of voter power due to the unions, balanced against an otherwise very low voter turnout for Mayoral elections.
DeBlasio is said to have been very loose on parking enforcement of 'placard abuse' as they call it. It's pretty obvious downtown during the week and also downtown Brooklyn. The City picks winners and losers just like that.
And that the NYPD in particular is the worst. I had the misfortune of living near a NYPD station in Manhattan for a few years. Illegal parking everywhere and there were a few red lights that they would run all the time in their police and personal vehicles.
I’ve seen personal cars just drive up and park on the sidewalk. Totally blocking everything. They just put their card saying “nypd” and nobody bothers it. Good luck having a wheel chair and getting by.
