Used to be some Sunday parking in the city. Now Sunday spots are scarcer than a cheap 1-bedroom. In November, 2005, the City Council, the wisest of our elected bodies, passed Local Law 669, stating that no longer would meters have to be fed on Sundays. Supposedly, council members reasoned, churchgoers wouldn’t have to interupt god to feed meters. Mayor Bloomberg, however, argues the law is beyond dumb; it prevents people from parking cars on Saturday night and not moving them until Monday morning, meaning fewer available spaces in front of shops and businesses. The law also, unintentionally, creates slews of endlessly circling, pollutant-spewing cars futilely searching parking spots. Worse, the city loses $7 million in parking revenue, in addition to the $300,000 it spent replacing street signs.
Memo to City Council: You morons.
-- Zachary Cohen