An MTA superintendent crafted homemade placards to regularly park his two out-of-state cars all over the city — until he was caught, demoted and effectively drummed out of the agency, the MTA’s watchdog reported.
The MTA Inspector General’s Office, acting on a tip, hunted its prey between March and September 2025, eventually catching the fake placard perp parking illegally in a “no standing zone.”
His use of a fake parking placard “demonstrated a lack of honesty and integrity that does not befit someone in a supervisory role,” MTA Inspector General Daniel Cort said in a statement. “His permanent demotion and unpaid suspension show that behavior like this will be met with severe consequences.”…