Madison Man Calling Himself “Spartacus” is Charged After Crashing Into Gas Pump
August 19, 2010 by Barbara011 · 7 Comments
Benjamin B. Roth, a 25 year old Borough resident, decided it would be a good idea to take “hallucinogenic mushrooms” and drink alcohol before getting behind the wheel of his car on Tuesday, August 17th, in Madison, NJ. Shortly thereafter, Roth crashed his vehicle into a gas pump. When police arrived, Roth was holding his front license plate and mumbling to himself. He carried no identification, and when police asked him for his name, he would only respond by saying “Spartacus.” Good times.
Irvington to Outsource Parking Tickets To…
July 20, 2010 by Barbara011 · 9 Comments
The City of Irvington will no longer be handling the minutia of its own parking tickets. Starting next month, Complus Data Innovations, a private company located in Tarrytown, will be overseeing parking ticket responsibilities. Apparently, the work-load simply became too much for the court-clerk. “With a rising case load for court clerk Andrea Borofsky, we realized it was too much work for her to do everything relating to tickets manually,” said Lawrence Schopfer, Irvington’s village administrator. Complus Data Innovations will receive “17% of all profits the village makes from parking tickets.” However, since the city currently has a 78% collection rate, and Complus Data Innovations has a 95% collections rate, the city hopes to at least break even with the deal.
Bus Stop Ticket even though the bus stop is Inactive! – New York City
July 2, 2010 by Barbara011 · 3 Comments
The city has finally gone too far. I got a ticket for parking at a Bus Stop – except the Bus Stop isn’t even active anymore! How can that be? If the bus stop isn’t active anymore, why shouldn’t people be allowed to park there? Will someone please explain this to me?
Food Trucks Could Face Ban for Too Many Parking Tickets
June 9, 2010 by Barbara011 · 6 Comments
The City Council is considering a bill which would “revoke the permit of any food truck vendor who racks up three parking meter or idling violations in a year.” Vadin Ponorovsky, owner of the Frites ‘n’ Meats burger trucks says he gets six to ten parking tickets per month. “If the law passes, absolutely it will put every food truck out of business. Other municipalities are going out of their way to ease their regulations because they see the value that these food trucks bring,” he said. “Parking in New York City seven days a week, even the most conscientious driver is going to get a ticket. That’s just what happens. Other drivers don’t lose their livelihoods over parking violations,” added Lev Ekster, owner of two CupcakeStop trucks. The bill was written by Councilwoman Jessica Lappin and sponsored by Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz. It would suspend the permits required by the Health Department after two violations and revoke permits after a third. “Let them use Twitter and blogs to tell people where they are,” Lappin said in response to criticism over the bill.
Blocking the Box – New York City
June 2, 2010 by Barbara011 · 8 Comments
I was pulled over by an officer on foot ( as were dozens of others) for blocking an intersection and a ticket was written by another officer who did not witness the event. Does the ticket need to be witnessed by the officer who writes the ticket ? Can I contest the ticket on these grounds ?
New York Governor David Paterson Pushes Speed Cameras
January 20, 2010 by Barbara011 · 201 Comments
New York Governor David Paterson has added the use of speed camera enforcement to his budget. The plan calls to deploy 50 photo radar vans which will raise an estimated $96 million in net profit for the state. 40 of the cameras will be in “work zones” (issuing $100 tickets) although there will be no requirement to show that “work” was actually being done in the area. Paterson refers to the speed enforcement plan as a “revenue action.”
Vallone Wants Softer Rules on Parking
November 27, 2009 by Barbara011 · 10 Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) said he co-sponsored two bills after hearing stories of traffic agents in Astoria using excessive means to hand out tickets. One of the bills, gives drivers a five-minute grace period for alternate side of the street parking and Muni-Meters before traffic enforcement agents issue parking tickets. The Council passed the bill last week..
Another bill would require the city Department of Transportation to provide written notification before changing parking rules and to wait 30 days before changing meters rates and would also give a five-day grace period to drivers who receive parking violations after the regulations have changed. Vallone is also in the process of writing a bill that would prevent traffic agents from giving drivers double-parking tickets as they wait to pull into a spot or while they are momentarily stopped in a “No Parking” zone to drop off a passenger.
