Dozens of New York City council members have urged the Biden administration to step in and crackdown on bogus paper license plates amid a drastic influx of so-called “ghost cars” flooding Big Apple streets, The Post has learned.

In a letter sent to Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg Thursday, 33 Big Apple pols called on the federal government to enact a slew of reforms to curb the sale of fraudulent plates in other states in a bid to prevent them from running amok in the city.

“The sale and use of fraudulent paper plates has created new challenges in New York City: cars using such plates cannot be easily traced, and thereby pose a street safety threat to New Yorkers,” the letter, led by Bronx councilman Oswald Feliz, said.

“These cars are being used to violate traffic laws without accountability, since they can avoid speed cameras, red light cameras, and other parking rules; and are being used for other major crimes. They are also being used to illegally avoid tolls enforced by cameras.”

The NYPD, who have been actively trying to crackdown citywide on fake paper plates in recent years, have said an increase in ghost cars are partly to blame for a huge spike in dangerous police chases in the Big Apple.

As of July, there had been a 600% citywide uptick in law enforcement chases compared to same period in 2022, NYPD data shows.

Still, the council members insist the challenge of clamping down on ghost cars can’t just be solved by local cops and pols given many of the fake plates “originate from dealers located out of state” where the laws can be more lax.

Among the measures the NYC politicians are calling on the Transportation Department to enforce is ensuring that only dealerships that actually sell cars can be granted rights to issue paper plates.

They have also called on paper plates to only be valid for no more than 30 days nationwide, which is currently the case in states like New York and Rhode Island.

“Some states provide paper plates for periods as lengthy as 90 days, which has led to communities being unnecessarily overwhelmed with paper plates on their roads. This not only creates confusion, but also makes it needlessly challenging to determine which plates are fraudulent plates,” the council members wrote.

The push for federal standards comes just months after Feliz, the Bronx councilman, proposed legislation to stiffen penalties on the use of fake plates, including imposing a $1,000 fine for a first offense of selling the paper licenses and $2,000 for repeat offenders.

Meanwhile, a second bill proposed fining motorists $500 for a first time offense of driving with fraudulent plates and $1,000 for subsequent violations. Currently, the fines are between $65 to $200.