The NYPD must be stripped of its parking enforcement responsibilities, a Brooklyn panel recommended in a vote that urged elected officials to move the job back to the Department of Transportation.
The Transportation Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 on Wednesday night unanimously passed the resolution, which reminded city officials that the DOT handed out parking tickets until a government reorganization by Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1996.
The resolution said traffic enforcement would “get the attention it needs” if parking violations were overseen by DOT — plus the NYPD would get to “focus on crime reduction,” the resolution reads…