059《经济学家》读译参考之五十九：罚单,为腐败而开-UN官员车辆违停困扰纽约.docVIP

TEXT 59 A ticket for corruption 罚单，为腐败而开（陈继龙 编译） Aug 10th 2006 | NEW YORK From The Economist print edition “THE UN needs a good smack in the face,” fumed one city councillor. New York has long been fed up with the United Nations and its diplomats. （1）The city has 1,700 of them, about 1,699 too many. Their meetings cause endless traffic jams and annoying multi-car motorcades[1]. As for their outstanding fines for traffic violations (more than $18m at the last count), these have so infuriated[2] Michael Bloomberg, New Yorks mayor, that in 2002 he vowed to tow away illegally parked consular[3] ve