New York City – Organizers of a street fair in Maspeth, Queens were slapped with 128 tickets and $9,600 in fines weeks after the event took place.
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It’s called “ticket shock” and members of the City Council are calling for legislation to end the practice.
Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced plans to pass the “Protection Against Ticket Harassment Act” legislation Wednesday.
The “PATH Act” would protect small business owners from excessive ticketing by City agencies and ensure that residents have sufficient notice before being held liable for subsequent tickets.
In the Maspeth case, organizers of the street fair posted 32 signs around the neighborhood to promote the event and weeks later they received a summons for each poster resulting in $9,600 in fines, Quinn says.
Organizers of the fair said they were never told they were breaking the law.
In another case, Councilwoman Tish James says a Clinton Hill pet shop owner was fined $10,000 for signs on business weeks after the city said she was in violation.
“Fines are to get people to follow the rules, not to fill the city’s budget deficit,” says Quinn.
Quinn and Council Member Crowley Introduce Protection Against Ticket Harassment (PATH) Act
I feel the same way. I live in lkwd and came for yom tov. Chol hamoed I went to the city by car (I have an infant and can’t take the subway) I parked in lots not to get ticketed for dumb things they find. Now I have to wait to see if mike B caught me on any of these cameras
“Fines are to get people to follow the rules, not to fill the city’s budget deficit,” says Quinn.
Umm…which rock has Quinn been living under???
Bloomberg at work again. Vote for him and you’ll get more of the same.
Makes sense!
i know about a store in flathbush that go $35000!!!!! in fines for being a sponsor for a concert on the poster
Ignorance of the law doesn’t make you innocent
why is mike blmbrg not getting a summons for hanging his posts for re-election