Daily News | Philly has a backlog of 34,000 abandoned-car complaints — and the city has no solution
a budget infusion to address the glut of abandoned cars
In mid-2020, the officers were detailed to protest duties, during the mass unrest following the killing of George Floyd. In 2021, they were sent to short-staffed rec centers and city pools. Staring at the white Dodge Charger that’s been wasting away outside his Southwest Philadelphia home for six months, Oskar Castro wonders why officers on daily patrol in the neighborhood can’t help the problem.
In the Castor Gardens neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, community advocate Robert Rudnitsky said lax enforcement turned “entire streets into parking lots for abandoned trucks.” Hundreds of cars reported to 311 as abandoned recently appear to be missing license plates, or have vehicle identification numbers obscured, making it harder for police to identify cars for removal.In an effort to rid the streets of abandoned cars, city spokesperson Irene Contreras Reyes said Philadelphia has quietly conducted several smaller “sweeps” in recent years, removing more than 150 hazardous vehicles at once.
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