The City will now allow people to fight tickets online.
A new program provides an online space for parking, red light and bus lane camera fines to be contested.
The system will also be used to allow people to fight tickets for health and sanitation violations.
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Users of the system can submit their written defense and evidence, to be considered by an Administrative Law Judge. People will be informed of the decisions on parking tickets by email, and on Environmental Control Board tickets by regulr mail, usually within 30 days.
“Once again, we are making the City more customer-service oriented,” said City Council Speaker Quinn.
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“Every New Yorker has a story about the parking ticket they didn't deserve but never bothered to fight because it wasn't worth making the trek down to traffic court,” said City Council Transportation Chair James Vacca. “In a city where time is money, allowing motorists to challenge tickets online will save New Yorkers - and the city - a little bit of both.”
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