I see it constantly, both in person and on social media. I've personally reported many cases to 311 and to officers in person, and every single time they either ignore me or lie about handling the complaint. It's so endemic that a City Council member has introduced a bill that would allow civilians themselves to ticket illegally parked vehicles [1].

So no, it's not a single news story. This one just happened to be a particularly egregious display of NYPD lawlessness.

[1] https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/11/07/update-restler-bill-t...