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Addressing the issue of fake license plates and revenue collection
0:37:56
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3 min
Council Member Brannan raises concerns about fake and obscured license plates costing the city around $100 million annually in lost revenue. The discussion covers enforcement challenges and potential technological solutions.
- DOT has passed a new rule empowering NYPD to ticket parked cars with obstructed license plates
- Council Member suggests exploring GPS-based technology for issuing violations
- DOT mentions ongoing vendor selection process for speed cameras, which may address some of these concerns
Justin Brannan
0:37:56
I wanna talk about fake license plates and the impact that they have on revenue collection.
0:38:03
According to an audit by the controller, defaced, obscured, and fake license plates cost the city about a hundred million dollars a year in lost revenue.
0:38:12
The proliferation of fake into faceplates has gotten out of control.
0:38:16
And while there have been occasional crackdowns, they're not enough to truly address the issue.
0:38:21
We all see, we're all in traffic stuck behind these cars who have a leaf blocking a letter on their plate.
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We believe the city is leaving considerable amounts of money on the table here.
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And that there's clear it's clear that we need upgraded technology to better address these enforcement challenges.
0:38:44
We've learned that cars sold since 2019 are all connected via GPS telematics API.
0:38:52
Meaning, you know, no matter what your license plate says, we have the technology to figure out who owns the car and how to apply that fine or ticket.
0:39:02
Has DOT explored the use of any updated camera technology that would allow it to issue violations based on GPS detection rather than just the license plates that are not always real or visible?
Ydanis Rodriguez
0:39:15
First of all, like, our legal team, the general counsel that we have, they are doing a great job.
0:39:26
And one of the things that we have done recently is to pass a new rule at DOT that now empower NYPD to be able to give a ticket to those who are drive, who park a car with a obstructed light in a plate.
0:39:46
So before NYPD could stop someone that they would see in the street if that person was driving the car.
0:39:54
However, the law didn't allow NYPD to go and be able to give a ticket to a car that was parked in the street with a obstructed license.
0:40:05
So this is one of the things that we have done recently, which we passed a rule at DOT, is that now empower NYPD to get a ticket to those car that they are parked in our street that have a obstructive plate.
0:40:20
As we are as we also have selected the new vendor for our speed camera, We've been in conversation on what all the feature they come with the technology.
0:40:34
At some point, we are restricted because the way or how the state authorized New York City to use the speed camera doesn't allow for us to do certain things.
0:40:43
So more than happy to work with the council to figure out how we can expand as we're going through the reauthorization of the speed camera to see if we can be allowed also to use those new speed camera that we'll be installing with the new, with the vendor and be able to address what you're saying to Has a vendor been chosen for the Even even chosen as part of the process in Vera, which is the current vendor that being running the largest speed camera in the nation, which is Auer.
0:41:19
They are they've been selected by as part of the process.
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Now we're going through the whole other process of negotiation with some details.
0:41:28
Going through a controller.
0:41:31
But based on the committee that did the whole evaluation, everyone who respond, they were the one that scored higher.
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And there's a new process.
0:41:42
I don't know if Paul would like to add any new things about that.