Here we go again. After countless allegations of fraud and abuse of police parking placards, a new report indicates that some 22,000 parking decals for disabled drivers are missing, and they might have fallen into the wrong hands. According to city Comptroller John Liu, the massive number of missing permits means there could be a lucrative black market for the handicapped stickers. "Fraudulent permits are easily created using these seals," he said.
Liu told the Post that roughly a fifth of the city's 100,500 placards for disabled motorists aren't accounted for in records, potentially allowing thousands of non-disabled drivers to take advantage of handicapped spaces. But the Department of Transportation denies that any placards are missing and insists it has a list of who has them. "There is no evidence of any missing, misplaced or misappropriated disability-permit seals," the DOT said.
