NYC woman turns alternate side parking headache into lucrative business

The Brief

  • A woman is turning the alternate side of the street parking headache into a lucrative side hustle.
  • Sydney Charlet says the price is always cheaper than a $65 ticket.
  • “The people I’m doing today, this car and a car I did this morning, I’m doing again on Monday,” she said.

NEW YORK CITY If you own a car and live in New York City, you know the alternate side of the street parking rules all too well. But now a woman is turning that headache into a lucrative side hustle.

‘Are you the car sitter’?

What they’re saying:

“I recently got laid off, so I decided to move to New York and I needed to bring my car with me, reluctantly, because I had one year left on my lease, I couldn’t turn it back in,” Sydney Charlet said. “So, I was like, I guess I’m bringing my car to New York City, which makes no sense and I didn’t want to pay for like a garage spot. So, I heard from people that you, actually people sit in their cars during street sweeping, don’t move their cars unless the street sweeper comes by.”

Sydney posted a video on social media advertising her business idea of sitting in cars for those who can’t do so during alternate side parking hours.

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