Christopher Schaefer 4 Congress.Com

Black Honda civic abandoned on First St, near No. 77. Marker plates removed.

Storm sewer/ grate at intersection of Greenwich Ave & Third St is blocked, water not draining.

Tires ALSO dumped on Hallock AVE near Second St

Tires dumped on Hallock AVENUE, near Third St.

Car in No Parking zone--and partially blocking my driveway. Florida marker plate JTK A64.

Mattress dumped in Second Street dead-end.

Sofa dumped on Second St, near corner of Howard Ave, across from Eddy's.

White Chevy van with expired 'temporary' Texas marker plate. As has been the case for YEARS now, this 'temporary' plate will be replaced with another 'temporary' Texas plate soon. Meanwhile--please ticket. First St, near corner of Howard Ave.

Car parks evening until c. Noon next day, directly in front of "No Parking" and "No Standing" signs. Florida marker JIK A64. At 86 Second St, near corner of Greenwich Ave.

Car has been parked a number of days directly in front of "No Parking" and "No Standing" signs. Florida marker JIK A64. At 86 Second St, near corner of Greenwich Ave.

3 sofa cushions dumped at curb: 371 Greenwich Ave, near corner of Second St.

mattress dumped on tree strip in Second St. dead-end.

Front page article in Monday, Nov 11, 2019 New Haven Register gives excellent description and explanation of years-long issue of the numerous illegal cars on a single block of First St, between Greenwich and Howard Ave, all owned by a single person: "...those who don’t pay taxes on their cars are shifting the burden to others and that it’s unfair ‘when you have people who are not paying taxes and we had an 11 percent tax increase recently'…the number of cars adds 'insult to injury. You’re going to lock up the street, take up spaces, and 'you’re not paying a dime in taxes.'…'They should boot them. How hard is that?’” (full article at link:) https://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/NewHavenRegister/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=HNHR%2F2019%2F11%2F11&entity=Ar00106&sk=9469FB97&mode=text

This is approximately the 9th illegally-registered, out-of-state vehicle that has been parked on First St by a single owner, who lives at 80 First St, 1st floor apt. All of his vehicles are parked on the single block of First St, between Greenwich Ave & Howard Ave. He has boasted publicly (via social media) that he collects cars as a hobby and is using First St as his personal parking lot for his car collection! Four of his vehicles are registered in Vermont, the rest have ‘temporary’ Texas marker plates. As soon as these ‘temporary’ plates expire, they are replaced with new ‘temporary’ Texas plates. To me this suggests some fraudulent, criminal activity. Am I missing something here??
I have contacted: Police; Dept of Transportation, Traffic & Parking; Tax Collector; Tax Assessor. Despite the fact that he is cheating the city out of hundreds of dollars in tax revenue—and therefore essentially stealing all of the services which YOU taxpayers enjoy, such as on-street parking, trash pickup, street sweeping, snow plowing, public schools, fire & police protection—AND despite the fact that those ‘temporary’ Texas plates are continually being replaced 'might' suggest that something more nefarious is going on—I nevertheless am told that there is “absolutely nothing” your city can do about it—except issue a parking ticket for any of his cars that don’t move after 72 hours. (To avoid this, the owner simply moves his cars from one side of the street to the other.)
Dept. of Transportation, Traffic & Parking suggested I apply for a zoned “Residential Parking District”. So essentially I am being told that I myself must ‘jump through hoops’ to fix this problem, because Your and My Employees—i.e. city staff who are being paid via Your and My Taxes—simply can’t be bothered to fix this themselves.
If Mayor-elect Elicker uses NextDoor, I’d urge him to explain on the NextDoor site how he plans to address this problem of: 1. illegal car registrations, 2. the resultant revenue loss, 3. the dead wood among city staff who apparently think it requires “too much effort” to fix this. NOTE that if this much tax cheating is taking place on just ONE block of your city, imagine how many $$Thousands in tax revenue is being lost overall, because city staffers refuse to deal effectively with blatant illegal registrations.
Apparently it’s much easier to raise YOUR taxes than to address such massive revenue leaks. And if even a new mayor won’t fix this, then get ready to hold onto your wallets—because more tax hikes are inevitable.

Tire dumped on tree strip,near base of large tree: Greenwich Ave near Second St.

Neighbors report corruption in Transportation, Traffic & Parking Dept. They say Parking Enforcement officer is friends with owner of illegal vehicles on First St—which is why problem never gets fixed. Is this not true? >>THEN PROVE IT—and get rid of these vehicles: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/6789012 AND https://seeclickfix.com/issues/6789042 AND https://seeclickfix.com/issues/6789084 ***And I don’t want to hear that “illegal registrations are not dealt with by TT&P Dept”. If that’s so, then act like an actual taxpayer-paid ‘public servant’ and find out who IS responsible for taking care of this problem and pressure THEM to take care of this until the problem is fixed! (I hope the next mayor completely ‘clears the deck’ and hires new staff when he takes office…)

Recycling was not picked up today, Wed. Oct 9, on the ENTIRE block of Third St, between Greenwich Ave & Howard Ave

An oldie but goodie! Green & white BMW with VT marker FRT 486. Registered in VT--despite fact that owner has resided in first floor apt of 80 First St for about 4 years. I reported this almost a year ago: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/5163818-illegal-car-3-first-st-between-greenwich-howard BUT who cares? I'm sure city employees have much more important things to do than collect the revenue THAT PAYS FOR YOUR SALARIES!!!!

tan station wagon with expired temporary marker # 40081D3. Expired Aug 13, 2019. Owned by same tax scofflaw who has multiple illegal vehicles on this single block and who lives in 1st floor apt of 80 First St. Taxes are optional in New Haven! Yeah!!