If it is true that Central Parking Corporation is charging owners for the time their cars were stuck in evacuation zones, it might not be their only dark moment after Sandy. The Lo Down NY reports that over 50 cars were flooded when storm waters rushed into their garage in Lower Manhattan, on Cherry Street. You can see those flood waters in the video on the left.

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The Lo Down NY claims that Central Parking ordered the garage locked at 4PM before the storm hit. A number of people with cars parked in the garage, however, were at work. They couldn't get their cars out of the garage before Central Parking locked the facility. After the storm, the owners claim that Central Parking would not them access to the facility for the purpose of filing insurance claims. The location is still listed as temporarily closed and the group of owners is now reportedly pursuing legal action.

Central Parking Corporation is a business that must turn a profit and it is unclear what their legal obligation is to car owners affected by Sandy. If these allegations are true, we might say that they're not filling their moral obligation, at the very least.

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Photo Credit: Chris Wade, Axis of Oversteer