The NYPD and Department of Transportation are cracking down on counterfeit paper license plates, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, as the NYPD has noticed a trend in the link between the fakes and various other crimes, including violent offenses.
De Blasio called it “a growing problem which links to many other problems.”
“This is an area where the NYPD has noticed more and more of trend and they are acting on that trend of thousands and thousands of these illegal and fraudulent license plates out there,” said de Blasio.
