Members of the Israel Mission to the United Nations have received less than one third of the tickets they received for parking violations before Ambassador Yehuda Blum assumed office late last August, according to Gillian Martin Sorensen, Commissioner of the New York City Commission for the UN and for the Consular Corps. In a letter addressed to the Israeli envoy, Sorensen wrote.
“The statistics clearly confirm that there has been a considerable improvement in compliance with our local parking regulations by members of your Mission since your arrival in New York. During the months March 1978 through August 1978 members of our Mission received 2125 tickets, or an average of 354 tickets per month. After your arrival in late August, the number of tickets received was reduced dramatically. In the six-month period September 1978 through February 1979, 678 tickets were issued to the Mission or an average of 113 per month.”
Calling Blum’s efforts to reduce violation of parking regulations among his staff a “success,” Sorensen expressed the thanks of the City Commission “and the residents of New York” for the Ambassador’s efforts. According to the letter, there are presently “twenty-four vehicles bearing DPL plates which are driven by members of the Israel Mission.”
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