Short explanation
So this is Queens, New York City
In this borough, there is a park called Forest Park next to a neighborhood called Richmond Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park_(Queens)
Last year, angry drivers signed a petition urging the city to allow them to drive through Forest Park.
Eric Adams, the Mayor, accepted their request:
That made some Richmond Hill residents angry.
So local families started demonstrating next to the park. They want the new mayor - Zohran Mamdani - to ban cars from Forest park.
Joann Ariola is a Republican member of New York City council
https://council.nyc.gov/district-32/
She personally wrote a letter to Mayor Eric Adams begging him to allow cars to go through Forest Park:
During the demonstration, she crossed the park in an SUV and showed up to mock demonstrators.
How does anyone rack up 38 tickets? I got a parking ticket on a visit to NYC, and when I came back a year later, my car got booted, and then towed. It was a major pain int the ass to go to the courthouse, only to be told I needed the registration, so I had to go to the tow yard, and get the registration from the glove compartment, then go back to the courthouse to pay all the fines and towing and storage costs, and then go back to the tow yard for my car. For ONE parking ticket.
She’s got 38 tickets, and is still driving her car? Politicians should NEVER get away with this shit.