Parking Crisis in White Plains

Parking in White Plains has reached crisis levels. The city is ticketing, booting and towing cars at records rates - amid a slowdown in business and declining retail revenues. If you're not mad you're not paying attention. Why is our government abusing us?

A few of the disturbing trends of the past year include metermaids and patrolmen writing tickets on the street until 9:00 at night, writing tickets in all municipal parking lots, covered and not, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Parking fees are supposed to help all citizens by ensuring convenient parking close to local businesses so that their customers can shop with ease. Parking fees were never intended to be a significant source of municipal revenue - that's what property tax and sales taxes are for! The administration in city hall has perverted the will of the people to serve it's own ends and it's got to stop! Tell your mayor and council that you want an end to reckless, ill-considered parking fees!