NYC reinstates neon-green stickers to shame illegal parkers
Manhattan Council Member Gale Brewer revived a decade-old ban on adhesive “shame stickers,” allowing street sweepers to affix them to vehicles parked illegally.
A new city ordinance permits sanitation crews to place bright, 8.5-by-11-inch adhesive stickers on cars that break parking regulations. The change was championed by Manhattan Council Member Gale Brewer, who introduced a bill that overturned a 2011 ban after complaints about the stickers’ difficulty to remove. The council approved the measure 41-10, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani allowed it to take effect without signing or vetoing, later stating he fully backs the initiative.
Video from an Upper West Side block captured the first applications, with the stickers warning that the violations impede proper street cleaning. Officials say the policy will make it easier for the Department of Sanitation to keep streets clean. The stickers are intended as a deterrent rather than a punitive fine.
Why it matters
The rule gives sanitation crews a new tool to discourage illegal parking that blocks street cleaning.
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