PROSPECT PARK SOUTH, NY (PIX11) -- One politician is trying to put an end to the Sanitation Department's badges of shame – the neon alternate side parking violation stickers that are so hard to remove from car windows.
City Councilman David Greenfield says he is set to propose new legislation Wednesday that would ban them.
"THIS VEHICLE VIOLATES N.Y.C. PARKING VIOLATIONS," the sticker reads. "As a Result, This Street Could Not Be Properly Cleaned."
PIX 11 News spent the day on Dahill road in Brooklyn, where sanitation workers were giving out parking stickers.
"I think they do it on purpose to shame drivers," said Diane Bonet, who was just about to park illegally before speaking with PIX11 News.
So if someone is wondering why their street is still filthy after street sweeping day, they just have to look for the shameful sticker on the offending vehicle.
When the stickers were introduced in 1987, Sanitation Commissioner Brendan Sexton called the day-glow stickers the "latest weapon in the department's efforts to clear the city's streets for mobile sweepers" according to the NY Times.
Since then, the combination of the sticker and a hefty fine have become a source of ire for many New Yorkers.
"This idea of punitive punishment by the city is outrageous,” said Councilman David Greenfield of Brooklyn. “Wednesday I am going to fight this."
Greenfield says parking stickers are the number one complaint he gets in his office from angry constituents. "It has to stop, the sticker is impossible to get off your car window and it could be a safety issue," warns Greenfield.
A spokesperson for the City's Department of Sanitation says, "Stickers have been a very effective means of conveying the importance of moving their cars so that streets can be swept."
City Councilman David Greenfield says he is set to propose new legislation Wednesday that would ban them.
"THIS VEHICLE VIOLATES N.Y.C. PARKING VIOLATIONS," the sticker reads. "As a Result, This Street Could Not Be Properly Cleaned."
PIX 11 News spent the day on Dahill road in Brooklyn, where sanitation workers were giving out parking stickers.
"I think they do it on purpose to shame drivers," said Diane Bonet, who was just about to park illegally before speaking with PIX11 News.
So if someone is wondering why their street is still filthy after street sweeping day, they just have to look for the shameful sticker on the offending vehicle.
When the stickers were introduced in 1987, Sanitation Commissioner Brendan Sexton called the day-glow stickers the "latest weapon in the department's efforts to clear the city's streets for mobile sweepers" according to the NY Times.
Since then, the combination of the sticker and a hefty fine have become a source of ire for many New Yorkers.
"This idea of punitive punishment by the city is outrageous,” said Councilman David Greenfield of Brooklyn. “Wednesday I am going to fight this."
Greenfield says parking stickers are the number one complaint he gets in his office from angry constituents. "It has to stop, the sticker is impossible to get off your car window and it could be a safety issue," warns Greenfield.
A spokesperson for the City's Department of Sanitation says, "Stickers have been a very effective means of conveying the importance of moving their cars so that streets can be swept."
