Eliminating ghost plates on cars is high on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' to-do list. Here's what he is trying.
The mayor said ghost cars are wreaking havoc on the city, adding some of the violent crimes in the five boroughs involve people driving cars with altered plates, including people leaving the scene of an accident. They can't be traced because the plates have been altered.
Mayor Adams announces joint NYPD and DSNY “Ghostbusters” task force to remove illegal ghost cars from city streets
Ghost car drivers are in for a scare. Mayor Eric Adams and other top city officials held a press conference at the Springfield Gardens Auto Pound on
Adams says New Yorkers don’t really care about probes into City Hall, NYPD
Mayor Eric Adams claimed Tuesday that everyday New Yorkers don’t care a whole lot about the federal probes targeting top City Hall and NYPD officials and the abrupt resignations of some of
Mayor Adams says NYPD, Department of Sanitation working together to stop "ghost cars"
The initiative comes as hizzoner is trying to turn the page on the corruption investigations engulfing his administration. CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
New NYC task force will crack down on ‘ghost cars’: Mayor Adams
A new city task force cracking down on “ghost cars” — vehicles with obscured plates, no plates at all or no registration that scofflaws use to avoid tolls or commit crimes — is hitting the streets, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday.
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Editorial: Mayor must work for all New Yorkers, not just the NYPD
New Yorkers deserve to feel safe as they use the transit system to get to work, school and home. When officers are the source ...
Why Eric Adams Refuses to Clean House in the Mayor’s Office
As reelection looms in 2025, the New York City mayor is brushing off swirling scandals—or “distractions,” he’d say—and seems ...
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Who is Tom Donlon, the new interim NYPD commissioner?
The head of the NYPD announced his resignation Thursday amid an ongoing federal investigation, paving the way for Mayor ...
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Mayor Adams praises NYPD for 'great level of restraint' in subway shooting
The mayor commended the NYPD’s response to an alleged fare evasion in Brownsville on Sunday. The incident left four people ...
Eric Adams’ next NYPD boss: Keep Phil Banks out of the equation
Buzzards are circling around police boss Edward Caban’s job, yet before Mayor Adams can even start thinking about replacing ...
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NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigns amid federal nightclub probe
Caban, who was appointed to the job in July 2023, became the first Latino to serve as commissioner of the NYPD in its ...
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Mayor Adams praises NYPD cops after subway shooting in Brooklyn wounds 4
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday praised the NYPD officers who opened fire in a Brooklyn subway station and struck four people — including two bystanders and a fellow officer — saying the police did ...
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Mixxy Mayor Eric Adams’ Clumsy Defense of NYPD Subway Shooting Enrages Xitter
New York City Mayor Eric Adams caught the wrath of numerous people online after a clumsy statement defending NYPD ...
Illegal police stops by NYPD have increased under Mayor Eric Adams' administration, monitor says
Illegal police stops by the NYPD have drastically increased under the Adams administration, according to a monitor.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is in chaos as federal probes target his inner circle
For months, Adams has been fending off claims that corruption and malfeasance permeate the highest ranks of his ...