As a natural scofflaw, I find a special affinity for this unofficial shift in the NYPD's policies. You might notice that this personal quality also aligns with my tendency to flout other rules.
Hi, I see that you have more than 500 karma, so you probably downvoted me. That's great, because I created this throw-away account specifically because of thin-skinned people like you. Did that last sentence also come across as an ad hominem attack?
...so, like, were you the kid in class who always reminded the teachers when they forgot to assign homework?
After all, what this is really all about, is an attack aimed to reduce all the funds that those delicious, orange parking tickets generate. All the petty nuisance tickets, and summonses, and violations that harvest money from non-violent citizens, rather than produce burdens by incurring imprisonment costs.