Last month, Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar introduced the “Ghostbuster Act,” a new bill aimed at cracking down on the use of counterfeit license plates and enhancing the enforcement of untraceable ghost cars using Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) in New York City.
As part of “Public Safety Week,” Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 73,000 ghost cars and illegal motorized vehicles have been removed from NYC streets since the start of Adams’ administration. Ghost cars, which are nearly impossible to trace by traffic cameras and toll readers due to forged or altered plates, pose significant safety and enforcement challenges.
