New York City has issued more than 10,000 tickets this winter to property owners for failing to clear snow and ice from sidewalks.
Under city law, businesses, homeowners and other property owners have four hours from the time the snow stops to clear pavements. A first offense fine is $100 to $150 and up to $350 for multiple violations.
The New York Times says its analysis of city data shows that since 2010, 42,000 tickets have been issued.
The Bronx had the worst offenders. Ten properties alone got 331 tickets. Most were in foreclosure.
Of 10,000 tickets issued, the Bronx had the most violations for its size. Brooklyn had 14,000 tickets and Queens had 13,000 — both larger boroughs. Manhattan had 1,800 tickets, 4 percent of the total issued.
(AP)
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How else will the city make up for lost revenue with alternate side parking suspended for most of January and February? Pure robbery – they should pay “certain people” that collect social benefits to remove the snow, then they can justify the $100 fine.
Or, you can get up off your caboose and clean your sidewalk of snow and ice.
Pushatayid- that only works if you live there. The article says these homes are mainly forclosures. I have two vacant houses on my block that are under construction- no one shovels – but if the city “billed” and then sent a crew to clear it – the owners would make sure it got taken care of.