In San Francisco the law is that there has to be an operable garage for the owner to be able to request police ticket people in their curb cuts. It is totally clear from the picture that there is no way a car can enter the building through those doors.
I would sometimes park in front of obviously inoperable garages (one had about a foot of dirt in front of the door showing it clearly hadn’t been opened in years), ignoring the faux no parking signs on them. I would also park on faux red painted curbs that didn’t have the city logo on them. Never had a problem.
Seems like New Yorkers should advocate for a similar law. What legitimate purpose do curb cuts serve if you can’t park on the sidewalk and can’t get a vehicle in the door? Well except as a perk for people who get grandfathered in of course.
