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New York Press

Plate Reporter Date
NYP
7650
Brett Weisbrot 8/29/21
NYP
7627
Kevin Gallagher 10/03/13
NYP
6117
Kevin Gallagher 5/08/13
NYP
6062
Steven Weinstein 10/12/11
NYP
6039
Kevin Gallagher 7/25/11
NYP
6000
Kevin Gallagher 6/17/11
NYP
5815
Steven Weinstein 8/20/10
NYP5815 Steven Weinstein 8/20/10
NYP
5768
Weegee 11/11/09
NYP
5488
Steven Weinstein 6/29/08
NYP
5480
Jason 6/03/08
NYP5348 Steven Weinstein 6/21/07
NYP5100 DW 8/01/06
NYP
7650

New York Press plates, used by members of the news media. Numbered in sequence, NYS does not grant request for low numbers. NYP 1 is usually given to the president of the New York Press Club. Usually seen in New York City area. Weegee reports the NYC Police Department has ceased issuing parking placards to members of the press. NYP plates are now the only method of media vehicle parking. Professional organizations are working with the city to reinstate the placards.

Steven Weinstein reports a strange version of an NYP plate was spotted on 2010-08-20. The plate, NYP 4304 had the new gold type New York across the top and the words Empire State (not The Empire State as in the blue/white plate) at the bottom but the plate has the white (not gold) background with blue letters. Sort of a cross between the old and new plates. The plate was spotted in Dobbs Ferry, NY

Mike Russo speculates that this will be the "Empire Gold" version of all Special Organization plates with small letters and large numbers. He has seen a few NYPs in this style in addition to an Appellate Court Judge (all three words spelled out to the left of a 3 digit number) in Albany.

Also, Mike informs us that the vast majority of the specialty plates have transitioned to this design, although this is the only professional organization that has "EMPIRE STATE" along that bottom.