New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended the return of the city's massive 'stickers of shame' being placed on vehicles breaking the law in lieu of tickets or towing.
The 8.5 x 11-inch lime green stickers - which require a scraper to take off an offending car - had been gone for 12 years before they were revived by City Council member Gale Brewer.
While Mamdani himself neither signed nor vetoed the law, he has implemented it and defended it while speaking to the press Tuesday.
'It is critically important that the Sanitation Department be able to conduct street cleaning,' he said.
'Whenever I meet the hardworking members of DSNY, the question is always how we can make their jobs easier. If this measure accomplishes that, I fully support it.'
The first stickers were placed on cars that blocked street cleaning vehicles Tuesday morning at W. 90th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.
David Greenfield, a former New York City councilmember, fought the stickers back in his time on the council and was dismayed to see them return.
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