NEW YORK -- The NYPD is teaming up with several other law enforcement agencies to launch a task force to crack down on missing, fake, or covered license plates.It's an issue CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas has been reporting on for months.'This stops now,' Police Commissioner Edward Caban said Tuesday.Mayor Eric Adams said the task force got 73 cars towed Monday and made eight arrests, adding he hopes a message was sent to people trying to break the law.
The NYPD has said the task force will operate across the city to try to get more cars like the ones in question off the roads.'We're sick and tired of people taking advantage and everyone else feels like a sucker because they're the ones paying the tolls like law-abiding citizens,' Hochul said.Earlier this year, the CBS New York Investigates Team watched MTA Bridges and Tunnels officers stop multiple cars on the RFK Bridge, including one with a fake plate covering up a real one.