This has been an ongoing issue for years. If anything, what you posted is far too benign.

The trucks FLY though the neighborhoods, including speeding in the opposite direction on One-Way streets.

Yesterday I was at the stop light at State & Mechanic. I had the green. 2 tow trucks blew through the red on State. I cut off the 3rd one, he wasn't pleased. But I had the green and a tow truck with no lights on is not an emergency vehicle. Also I have to get to work to pay my exorbitant taxes.

Clearly this is an orchestrated money grab between the city and the towing companies. As with the recent 11% tax increase, the city doesn't actually care about the the residents of New Haven beyond what they can be shaken down for financially.

Thank you for your post. An officer has been dispatched to investigate.

Look, by two in the afternoon, the tow trucks aren't hanging around Nica's anymore. Much as by 2 p.m. the cop cars and fire trucks aren't parking in the bus stop across the street from P&M and Romeo's. I am really tired of having people who work for the city, eg OSTENSIBLY FOR US completely flout the rules. It's rude, it sucks, it occasionally even puts someone in actual personal physical danger (for example when someone is trying to get on/off a bus but can't do it safely because there's a police car/fire truck parked in the bus zone -- this has happened to me more times than I can count). Sending someone to investigate two hours later is a waste of everyone's time.
However, Department of Transportation, Traffic, and Parking, if the guys who work in these jobs could be retrained to *not* act/park their vehicles like they don't give a [redacted] for our well-being, that'd be nice. If they actually ticketed CIVILIANS who were so reckless in their parking habits on Orange St. and environs, that'd be even better. I would freaking bake cookies for the cop who ticketed EVERY PERSON who parked in a bus zone and/or No Standing on Orange Street and side streets in a 24 hour period.

I wish i had a tow truck , i would tow these POS scofflaws in a heartbeat.

joseph - nice idea but these guys are protected. If you look at a list of donors to the mayoral election and/or the city dem party, the owners/operators of these towing companies show up with great frequency. I recall asking myself many years ago why a towing company in West Haven would contribute to a campaign in New Haven....I have grown wiser since then and do not ask such questions

Parking Enforcement Officer investigated this issue and found no vehicles in violation of city ordinance.,Parking Enforcement Officer investigated this issue and found no vehicles in violation of city ordinance..