Link to British article with nameless comment sub-text It is a given the NYPD allow loading and unloading as private parking.
Graft? Greased palms? Invites to A list functions? Disgusting.
This honest cop did not know the hotel is above the law. In the YouTube there is an SUV parked illegally as well no ticket. The NYPD appear to have a special relationship but this cop didn't know?
Besides chronic illegal parking any other law breaking going on that gets blind eye-itis from NYPD? Yet The Mercer calls the police to ticket Vet Vendors the cops come ignore illegally parked cars as per The Mercer Hotel instructions like the hotel owns NYPD.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2010/07/mercer-hotel-black-white-nypd-laminated.html
Note: I got a few emails from someone associated I believe with a cop that has a special relationship with the hotel. I wondered if they worked for the hotel. 2 years ago I was harassed via Internet on behalf of the hotel who usually gets special treatment from NYPD. I forwarded these emails to IA.