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 Wednesday, Sept. 18th, to announce the launch of a joint NYPD and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) task force to remove ghost cars from city streets.
The 90-day task force began operations on Sept.10 and removed 295 ghost cars from the street within the first five nights of operations. The task force will primarily focus on removing parked ghost cars from streets, potentially freeing up valuable parking spaces for registered vehicles. As of last week, 15 NYPD officers were assigned strictly to parked ghost car removal under the direction of the DSNY.
