UFT still narrow-minded on parking

Sam Schwartz, former NYC Traffic Commissioner who reduced placard parking in the 1980s, released his ten-part recommendation for reducing placard abuse. But the UFT has other ideas, passing a resolution asking for expanded rights to park on their schools’ scarce property.

As I wrote earlier, it’s possible that there are a few cases where parking is needed or, better yet, teachers could receive an extra bonus for high-need schools which they could pay toward parking or keep for themselves. Instead of proposing a better solution, the UFT chose to stubbornly defend its perk which goes unfairly to needy and non-needy teachers but not to teachers who use public transportation.