New York Gets New Plates

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By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG NY DMV

IN so much that New Yorkers rank a slim second behind Californians in visiting our fair site, I thought I’d plug a recent vehicular development in their fair state.

It seems that there’s change in the air and that means that next April, the Empire State (in all of Albany’s - ahem – wisdom) is looking to introduce a new set of license plates that rock back to a distinctly retro blue and gold, not seen since the days when Ed Koch asked New Yorkers “How’m I doin’?”.

Curiously, this new/old simple=passable color scheme will also match the state police uniform colors. Joy!

Replacing the current -meh- blue and white plates, the New York Post reports that the mandatory license plate swap – at $25 per tag -  will draw $129 million into state coffers.

Oh you wanna keep your current number, too? Another $20.

Here’s a novel idea for the debt-ridden-state: if they charge $30, I’d bet more New Yorkers would opt for the old red and white Liberty plates. Those were the prettiest tags in the Union. And hey, the design’s what saved the City in Ghostbusters II.