Parking tickets bring in revenue at the cost of citizens
Councilman Vincent Gentile feels that city traffic agents are unfairly ticketing Bay Ridge drivers in order to generate revenue. In this fiscal crisis, the increase in the budget is in traffic enforcement personnel. There have been multiple instances of ticketing excess recently. In one case, an individual playing Santa Claus was ticketed while on his horse-drawn carriage meeting with children. Other examples include the ticketing of a Good Samaritan who stopped to rescue an injured woman and a senior citizen at a dialysis center who parked to pick up his wheelchair bound wife.
Gentile has information sheets with steps for getting fines reduced as well as a list of violations eligible for fine reductions. To obtain these documents you can stop by his office at 8703 Third Avenue or call (718) 748-5200.
