NEW YORK — For more than a year, residents of Red Hook, Brooklyn say parts of their streets have been permanently occupied by campers and recreational vehicles, creating concerns around safety and sanitation.
“If I ran a generator 24/7, I would be ticketed. If I parked my car on the street and had no inspection stickers, if I had a trailer with no inspection sticker or registration, I would be towed. I would be ticketed,” said Frank Falcinelli, who reached out to CBS News New York to bring awareness to the issue.
Falcinelli walked reporter Hannah Kliger through the neighborhood, showing the campers steps away from Red Hook Park, where kids play soccer almost daily.
Off camera, one of the men who lives in a camper told Kliger it is one of the few spots they can park without getting a ticket, and he actually moves the camper every two days.
Falcinelli said that’s not true.
“This guy’s been here all summer, hasn’t moved. He’s got his extended cab bumped out into traffic, has the audacity to put down a cone, has a bicycle, and to add insult to injury, has a ‘no trespassing’ sign on his front door,” Falcinelli said.