I would bet that is because a significant portion of the tax evaders are the cops or their families.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-court...
> “That was probably the tightest spot I could've been in,” Mike said. “Because [the offense] could've been ‘driving without a plate,’ ‘driving with no registration…’" By driving on the shoulder, too, Mike was driving illegally in at least three different ways.
> Despite that, he felt confident as the cop approached his car and told him to roll down his window. Instead of pulling out his driver’s license, Mike simply introduced himself and produced something better. “I just basically happened to have one of their PBA cards on me,” he said, referring to the small, plastic "courtesy" cards issued by the Police Benevolent Association, which usually have an officer’s name, phone number, and signature on the back.
and openly flaunt parking laws: https://twitter.com/NYPD_Parking
Other evasions are actual crimes. Like all those fake paper plates—-criminal possession of a forged instrument.
It’s probably because as another commenter said not worth their time.
Seems like NYC has been battling this for years.
https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fake+plates+new+y...
I vaguely remember some YouTube vlogger that would walk around and spot the fake/modified/obstructed plate. One obstruction was a leaf. That doesn’t even begin to include the probably illegal tinted covers.
Anyway, what isn’t they are so busy doing? It’s definitely not arresting shoplifters, fare evaders, public deficaters, or those that engage in aggressive solicitation.
The DA won’t prosecute any of those crimes unless it is large enough to be I the news and then it’ll be thought about.
Why spend time on crimes that are not going to prosecuted? Even with violent crime we see the offender walk right back out to the streets.
The bigger question is why isn’t the DA prosecuting these crimes?
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-immigration-illinois-d...