The New York Police Department is facing backlash this week after hanging no-parking signs and towing dozens of cars in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood for a department flag football game. Residents of Inwood, on the northern tip of Manhattan, were outraged to learn they couldn’t park along 218th Street on Sunday because of the NYPD’s 2019 Championship Flag Football Super Bowl taking place at a nearby stadium, reported NY1. Tasha Darbes told NY1 she was forced to pay $34 to park in a garage early Sunday when she couldn’t find a space in the neighborhood. “I was just flabbergasted,” she said, adding that the police force’s no-parking zone was “a real abuse of power.”“The parking is really supposed to be for the residents. Why should I pay parking so police officers can have free parking on the street when they come to play a game at the stadium?” she said.

Source: Huffington Post March 05, 2019 16:18 UTC