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A New Jersey temporary license plate is screwed to the back. Photo: freedomnews.tv https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/ab6b4262-d3d9-4d0d-af31-e42926445f14/1_3_JohnnyMilano.jpeg Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out Used car dealers at this Bridgeton, New Jersey, compound issued 137,000 temporary license plates in 2021. Photo: Johnny Milano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/024b1ec5-8046-4279-a8f4-f241d4970059/1_4_AngelMendoza.gif Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out Temporary license plates seen on the streets of New York City. Animation: Angel Mendoza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/618e7564-c727-4b77-8700-c6ee73dc9c2f/1_5_JesseCoburn.jpg Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out New Jersey used car dealer Abdul Cummings holding up the confirmation for a temporary license plate he prepared for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Photo: Jesse Coburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/229252fc-3275-447f-ad77-c30c6fb94393/1_6_JesseCoburn.jpg Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out Ana Mercado holding up a photo of her longtime partner, Walter Gonzalez, who was killed by a driver with a New Jersey temporary license plate in Brooklyn in October 2022. Photo: Jesse Coburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/1ee18cac-bab5-4701-a201-f727ecaebf99/truck_front.jpg Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out The truck that killed Walter Gonzalez had a temporary New Jersey license plate. Photo: freedomnews.tv https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/4f2c2150-911d-4b75-82f3-0800f7c1b5a0/1_7_1_8_FreedomNewsTV.png Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out Left: the truck that killed Walter Gonzalez had a temporary New Jersey license plate. Right: the aftermath of the crash. Photos: freedomnews.tv https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/cb932f17-369a-4771-b956-908ec1d10593/1_9_FreedomNewsTV.jpg Part 1: The Dealers - Make it stand out Jefferson Springer, the driver accused of striking and killing Walter Gonzalez in Brooklyn last October. Photo: freedomnews.tv https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-part-2-the-landlords daily 0.75 2024-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/8515d396-e716-4a62-a594-91992022b4e7/_64+%281%29.jpg Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out Used car dealers at this Bridgeton, New Jersey, compound issued 45,000 temporary license plates in 2022. Photo: Johnny Milano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/5d7b0147-eaad-4685-a776-7f8888563a9a/Milano_TempTags_14+%281%29.jpg Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out Signs outside the Bridgeton used car dealer compound list the 300 used car dealers registered to the address. Photo: Johnny Milano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/99f803e2-2151-4cf8-a5bd-b5a25b0a5ea9/Map+Insets-02.png Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out These three New Jersey facilities issue a prodigious number of temporary license plates. Data from 2022. Source: New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Map: Angel Mendoza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/6ea7d3d1-3df6-48ce-b5cc-c8b6ec1bca33/_91+%281%29.jpg Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out This quiet office complex in the hills of western New Jersey is the official address of dozens of used car dealers that printed 13,000 temporary license plates last year. Photo: Johnny Milano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/aaba00af-4d24-4d6c-94ec-8097005f7506/IMG_2594.jpg Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out Zack & Auto Sales, a used car dealership on Staten Island, has common ownership with a used car dealer in New Jersey that issues large numbers of temporary license plates with little other discernable business activity. Photo: Jesse Coburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/da124ddc-6020-45d4-8429-49c425d75adf/Map+Insets-01.png Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out These three Georgia facilities issue a prodigious number of temporary license plates. Data from mid-2019 to 2022. Source: Georgia Department of Revenue. Map: Angel Mendoza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/66c255ba-e44e-423d-9fa0-e1fffc66592b/Snellville_3+%281%29.jpg Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out This office building in Snellville, Georgia, is the registered address of car dealerships including D Lin Autos, which issued large numbers of temporary license plates last year, nearly all of them to out-of-state buyers, and which is operated by a woman who lives in the Bronx. Photo: Blake Aued https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/edd9308a-5edf-406e-a737-54da44839b96/Milano_TempTags_19+%281%29.jpg Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out The 66 used car dealerships at this facility in Delran, New Jersey, issued 8,000 temporary license plates last year. Photos: Johnny Milano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/7a2c7a85-b1f2-4db5-9f60-f137767215bb/Story+2+Grid.png Part 2: The Landlords - Make it stand out The 66 used car dealerships at this facility in Delran, New Jersey, issued 8,000 temporary license plates last year. Photos: Johnny Milano https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-part-3-the-buyers daily 0.75 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/87df5ebf-6fa2-4ec5-b854-cc6d2ca906c1/Streetsblog+Projects+Temp+Ads.gif Part 3: The Buyers - Make it stand out Advertisements for illegal temporary license plates abound online. Animation: Angel Mendoza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/3e1599f2-1e14-427c-9177-b92f88b8cdc6/_76_crop+%281%29.jpg Part 3: The Buyers - Make it stand out This quiet office complex in the hills of western New Jersey is the official address of dozens of used car dealers that printed 13,000 temporary license plates last year. Photo: Johnny Milano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/e5cc52d6-9c6e-4e29-91af-83ec99c582ae/IMG_1975.jpg Part 3: The Buyers - Make it stand out Abdul Cummings, a used car dealer in Jersey City, New Jersey, watched the black market for temporary license plates explode during the pandemic. Photo: Jesse Coburn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/1d6d3414-9e01-432d-8a77-6a6ca13fe9af/adams+holding+fake+plates+1+%281%29.jpg Part 3: The Buyers - Make it stand out New York City Mayor Eric Adams decried the proliferation of illegal temporary license plates at a news conference in Queens in July 2022. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/7ccd15f1-d71e-4e5b-8199-f0cf68e971f8/Davina_Afokoba_Fatal_Crash_Photo+%281%29.jpg Part 3: The Buyers - Make it stand out A woman driving with a learner’s permit and a Texas temporary license plate struck and killed Davnia Afokoba as she was walking home from school in Queens last year. Photo: Jeff Bachner https://www.streetsblogprojects.org/fly-electric-bike-moped-new-york-city-streets-safety-lithium-ion-batteries daily 0.75 2026-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/dc96c92d-85e6-47ef-b989-234b87f965be/Nasdaq-ceremony-crop_Jesse-Coburn.JPG Moped King - Make it stand out Fly E-Bike CEO Ou Zhou ringing Nasdaq’s closing bell in June 2024. (Photo: Jesse Coburn) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/9ebbcd3a-4bc4-4750-a604-b5bffd8cc0d5/Bulldozers_Mayoral-Photography-Office.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Mayor Eric Adams ordered bulldozers to run over hundreds of mopeds at a landfill on Staten Island in June 2024. (Photo: Mayoral Photography Office) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/c122d2b7-d81d-42d7-8dda-79247bf94c87/Andy-rap_Ou-Zhou.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Ou Zhou appeared in a music video before he founded Fly E-Bike. (Screenshot from the Wayback Machine / YouTube) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/d07bd0ca-aec1-4895-bbfc-c1929bf72a63/FlyHQ_Josh-Katz.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Fly E-Bike’s headquarters in Flushing, Queens, in September. (Photo: Josh Katz) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/8f9a7d96-5330-49f6-b66b-a77f705409ce/Fly9-Plate_IDIADA_grid.png Moped King - Make it stand out A Fly-9 e-moped bears a plate saying it complies with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Vehicle testers found otherwise. (Photos: Applus+ IDIADA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/98ca1a80-78b7-469d-a397-6e62304202a2/Fly9-wide_IDIADA_2.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/67a27b6b-ddef-45f8-b97c-6d696e93fc31/Fly9-Plate_IDIADA+2.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out A Fly-9 e-moped bears a plate saying it complies with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Vehicle testers found otherwise. (photos: Applus+ IDIADA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/086df132-5d52-49ca-a1eb-9bb4299b69ce/1720-Watson-other-room_FDNY.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out The battery on a Fly e-moped allegedly caused a fatal fire in the Bronx in 2021. (Photo: FDNY) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/01745db5-2010-48b0-9718-62e145672c77/1720-Watson-Victor_Jesse-Coburn.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/8d657a01-391a-42a7-bff7-54fc5f16b72b/1720-Watson-family_Jesse-Coburn.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Top: A battery fire allegedly involving a Fly e-moped left Victor Fernandez with burns on nearly 40 percent of his body. Bottom: The fire also injured Jasmine Rivera (right) and killed Christopher Valentin (in photograph). Valentin is survived by his wife, Izabelle Gonzalez (center). (Photos: Jesse Coburn) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/6f229d02-73ee-4b55-aea3-0834e10c8ad5/fatal-battery-fire-1_FDNY.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out A Fly-branded charger found at the scene of a fatal lithium-ion battery fire in Manhattan in 2022. (Photo: FDNY) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/43e4005f-293a-4f28-93cd-2f7cac1b1245/Jimmy-Yeung_Jesse-Coburn.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Moped wholesaler Jimmy Yeung at his Maspeth warehouse in February 2024. (Photo: Jesse Coburn) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f8c9a7a5ddec47df9f1f71/abfde44d-0fbc-4044-9e69-e0f72a6b7b70/Moped-pound_Jeenah-Moon.jpeg Moped King - Make it stand out Seized mopeds in a New York City Police Department auto pound in Brooklyn. 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