[header] How to obtain a disabled parking permit in new york [title] Ask your doctor for a certification. [step] You can save yourself the trouble of being denied a disability tag from new york state by talking to your doctor. If they say you do, find the application on the new york dmv's website. 
Start getting information together, and tell your doctor you will need him to fill out a " permanent disability " or a " temporary disability " medical certification. The doctor must be licensed as a doctor of osteopathic medicine (d.o.) or a doctor of medicine (m.d.).