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Amnesty for NYC Parking Tickets?

Posted by Larry Berezin on Sat, Feb 14, 2009 @ 10:33 AM
  
 

 fight New York City parking ticket, New York parking tickets

 

There was a flurry of activity in Chicago yesterday. It was the last day for the parking ticket amnesty program. Mayor Richard Daly, facing a $469M Budget gap over the next two years, hoped to raise $1M between December 1, 2008 and February 14, 2009 with the amnestry program.

The program allows people with parking tickets issued prior to January 1, 2007 to pay their fine in full and receive 50% off penalties. For example, if a ticket carries a fine of $50 and $50 penalty, a payment of $75 was payment in full.

Here are the numbers:

  • 2.8M tickets issued each year in Chicago

  • 3.5M tickets eligible for the amnesty program

  • 58,000 vehicles booted for unpaid parking tickets

  • 2 unpaid parking tickets more than 1 year old, makes you eligible for the boot 

What about an amnesty program for NYC parking tickets? Here are the numbers for NYC:

  • 10M tickets issued last year

  • >$625M in revenue 

NYC doesn't have any amnesty program for unpaid parking tickets. NYC has three settlement programs that offer reduction in fines in exchange for not contesting your parking ticket. One of the programs is for private passenger cars, while the other two are designed for commercial vehicles.

Other New York cities/towns have initiated amnesty programs to generate revenue. For example, Brookhaven initiated a program from February 15, 2009 to May 15, 2009 offering 50% off your parking ticket fines. $1M in revenue is outstanding. Albany's amnesty program ended on December 12, 2008 and offered 50% off overdue parking tickets.

What conclusions can be drawn:

  • Parking tickets are big business

  • Generating significant revenue

  • Settlement programs that don't expire in several months are preferable over short term amnesty programs

  • The motivation for amnesty programs is a quick revenue jolt

  • More parking tickets are issued now than ever before due to the economic crisis faced by government  

Do you agree with these conclusions? What other conclusions do you draw? 


 

 

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Comments

What are the details of the two settlement programs offered for Commercial Vehicles? 
 
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Reference to your statement... 
 
"NYC has three settlement programs that offer reduction in fines in exchange for not contesting your parking ticket. One of the programs is for private passenger cars, while the other two are designed for commercial vehicles." 
 
Posted @ Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:21 AM by Frank
I recieved a letter stating that I had parked too close to a hydrant . The sad part is that there was no ticket or envelope left on my vehicle and I was parked more than 15 feet away. I know this because my brother in law is in the new your fire dept and would not have let me park that close. With no ticket to dispute, no knowledge of a ticket issued and having Florida tags the system of rebuttal is non existant and in my opinion corrupt. I have not had a parking, moving or any other violition in over 20 years and this is true. Why wouldnt the parking police leave a ticket so I was aware of my apparent voilation? Please let me know if I have any chance to fight this situation or just not pay it and dont drive to New york any more?
Posted @ Friday, August 20, 2010 2:14 PM by hardey
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