New York City officials plan on making up for revenue shortfalls by super-saturating drivers with parking tickets for any slight infraction.
The New York Post has dubbed the city’s plan as “The Mother of All Ticket Blitzes.”
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s new $59.4 billion budget shows that the Finance Department intends to collect $686 million in parking fines in 2010, a $93 million increase in parking-summons revenue over the $593 million expected to come in this fiscal year.
New Yorkers are already experiencing the squeeze. Queens resident Judy Campbell said she got a $45 ticket one minute after the meter on her car ran out. “It’s total intolerance,” she said. “It’s a real hunt, a real gotcha.”
“We all know what this is about,” said Councilman Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), referring to the city’s desperate need for cash. “Any plan to plug the budget gap with more ticketing is reprehensible.”
Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) said Mark Page, the city’s budget director, admitted in a briefing that the addition of 220 traffic agents was designed for a singular purpose — to drive up revenue, not to enhance enforcement.
“This, to me, is the smoking gun,” Gentile said.
Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx) said constituents are flooding his office with gripes about unfair tickets.
“I’ve had people say to me, ‘Mr. Vacca, [the parking agent] stood and waited for my meter to expire.’ I had a person who got a ticket for a tailpipe in a crosswalk,” he said.
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““I’ve had people say to me, ‘Mr. Vacca, [the parking agent] stood and waited for my meter to expire.’ I had a person who got a ticket for a tailpipe in a crosswalk,” he said.”
Stay out of the box! 2 points! LOL
Have they taken into consideration the cost of the paper, ink, printing, and overtime that the cafeteria court workers would have to be paid? They are bound to spend more than they take in LOL
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I once got two inspections tickets 45 minutes apart. Two different metermaids. The first ticket was in plain site. The metermaid proceeded to write another. The car was there for about 3 hours total.