Real Housewife is one of NYCs worst placard abusers but still manages to rack up $8K in fines

Money can’t buy you class.Real Housewives superstar Carole Radziwill has a dark side to her glamorous public image — as she admits she is proudly one of the Big Apple’s biggest parking scammers.The Kennedy cousin openly bragged on her reality TV show’s new season about using ConEd cones to deceptively save parking spots — but still managed to rack up nearly $8,000 in traffic violations in recent years, records show.The Post confirmed her conniving ways when we caught her car parked near her ritzy SoHo apartment this week sporting on its dashboard an expired FDNY union placard — exclusively reserved for firefighters.The interior of the car itself was empty, except for two bright orange ConEd traffic cones — one of which she whipped out for the Bravo TV cameras when she visited fellow cast member Daisy Toye’s childhood Brooklyn home for a Seder meal.“The cone, yes.The cone.

The cone is a cop family hack,” Radziwill said in her Bravo confessional.“If I’m parked illegally or slightly too close to a hydrant, they will keep on walking,” she continued with a laugh.How Radziwill — whose current drama on the show centers on her name’s inclusion in the Epstein files — secured the cones or the placard is unclear.ConEd would not say whether they permitted the Housewife to use the cones, but said they are strictly used to “protect our crews and the public while critical work is underway.”“Unauthorized use can create unsafe conditions and interfere with our ability to do our jobs safely,” the spokesperson said, asking witnesses to report any equipment abuse to 1-800-75-CONED.The certificates are handed out annually, but Radziwill’s, which expired in February, displayed the name of a former FDNY’s Uniformed Fire Officers Association president who has not been in office since 2023.

Bravo reps for Radziwill also did not return numerous requests for comment and calls to a number listed for the star went unanswered.Radziwill — who marri...