The questionable PREMIUM PAY parking spaces at JFK, LGA, EWR need to be eliminated.

I am writing today after frustrated with BULLSHIT policies set forth by the SO CALLED agencies which claim to work in best interest of industry and public. Port Authority, ABM parking and the towing companies have extortionist policies at airports, which only leads to the best interest of the parties engaged.
Port Authority contracted ABM to be in charge of payment solutions for parking lots and designated authorized towing companies at JFK, & LGA.
In order to create extortionist revenue ABM has  designated these PREMIUM spaces at airports. These premium spaces are nothing but regular spaces, which take up half the parking lot at airport. Anyone wishing to park at these spaces has to pay $5.00reservation fee per each entry in addition to the hourly fees. These spaces are usually vacant, because no one believes in  paying an additional charge to the already pricey parking fees. These premium spaces are more of dysfunctional spaces or extortionist  tactics by forcing $5.00 extra out of your pocket or I am towing your car and charging you $150.00. The limo industry and their clients are probably the number one customer at the airport because they are using the parking lot actively. So the Port Authorities authorized vendors (ABM & Mikes Towing) companies have figured a newer way to create revenue- that is continue to make conditions difficult for the limousine industry and force more money out of their pockets. Pay premium spaces $5.00 for every entry in addition to the already expensive hourly rates or we tow your car for $150.00.

 Limo drivers are having hard time parking at JFK INTL AIRPORT Terminal 7  TERMINAL (1,2,3) and other B terminals at LGA and C terminal at EWR. Drivers become frustrated and with very little to no options are forced to park in stretch limo lanes  or premium pay spaces in order to make timely pickups.  ABM and Mikes Towing with the help of Port Authority has been towing limousine industry's cars. The cars are being picked up from premium spaces (which are 95% of the time empty). These spaces are dysfunctional spaces can also be called the extortionist spaces.
Limo drivers have parked in stretch limo spaces- not seeing any harm to anyone at airport. Guess who has been having the biggest problem? ABM and Mikes Towing- the stretch limo drivers or the limousine companies are not troubled, rather Mikes Towing and ABM is irritated. And as a result they have been picking up licensed livery cars from such spaces.

Each and everyone of you in tri state area who is reading this blog entry is experiencing this same problem.

1. When the vehicles are towed, clients have to take a taxicab,
2. Towing companies are charging up to $150.00.
3. loss of time and income to retrieve vehicle (easily up to an hour)
4. extra costs associated with vehicle retrieval
5. dissatisfied clients/ and require explanation
6. the premium pay works on pre reservation basis- which cannot work for drivers who are on the road and  when flights are early or late- reservation this reservation cannot work.

This I why I bring this issue to everyone's attention now. It IS TIME THAT THE INDUSTRY raise the question on these BULLSHIT premium spaces- which create terrible conditions for the industry.
if this issue is not dealt with- what will you tell you clients?
"I AM SORRY BUT I CANT FIND PARKING SPACE AT AIRPORT?"
the client's overall experience hits the bottom low and they may simply consider taking a taxi cab.
Why should clients pay premium service for hassle transportation services?
I hope everyone considers in creating a petition to overturn these questionable premium pay spaces or bring this issue to table.

This issue has been presented to prominent limousine companies in Tri State Area. I hope we resolve these dysfunctional and questionable PREMIUM SPACES at JFK, EWR, LGA.