This Job Pays $120K To Hear Gripes About Parking Tickets In NYC

NEW YORK, NY — There's a new contender for the toughest job in New York City. The Department of Finance says it recently hired a "parking summons advocate" to help cranky drivers' with complaints and other issues.

The new ambassador, Jean Wesh, will act as a liaison between the public and the department, which collects and processes parking fines, spokeswoman Sonia Alleyne said.

The department created the position to address "systemic" problems in the process for paying or fighting the dreaded tickets, Alleyne said. Wesh will help identify those problems and recommend solutions, she said.

"Some of these challenges may be the result of internal processes that need to be improved or the need to better inform the public on how to navigate the parking ticket system," Alleyne said in an email.

Wesh, the former managing attorney in the city's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, will earn $120,000 in the post.

Wesh is currently running a pilot program out of the Department of Finance business centers in Queens and the Bronx, Alleyne said. He's also been tasked with educating New Yorkers about policies and procedures relating to parking summonses.

The new office, first reported by the New York Post, is part of the department's recent effort to improve customer service, Alleyne said. The city has also developed an app that lets drivers pay or dispute a ticket on their cellphones.

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