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Stipulated Fine Program and Commercial Abatement Fine Program Rules

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Rule status: Proposed

Agency: DOF

Comment by date: February 2, 2026

Rule Full Text
Certified-Amendment-of-Stipulated-Fine-Program-and-Commercial-Abatement-Fine-Program-Rules.pdf

The New York City Department of Finance (“DOF”) is proposing amendments to rules to allow stipulations under the Stipulated Fine Program and the Commercial Abatement Program for time periods preceding the date of the agreement and to clarify polices relating to late payments under such programs.

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Date

February 2, 2026
11:00am - 12:00pm EST

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Online comments: 1

  • Daniel Bersohn

    While I support the revenue and enforcement cost mitigation goals of this program and the automatic enforcement of unmitigated fines for stipulated violations in the event of a business’ failure to timely pay the stipulated fine, I have serious fairness concerns when comparing the fine collection practice for businesses as opposed to individuals. The availablility of the stipulated fine program for businesses without a corresponding program for individuals is inconsistent with my understanding of notions of fairness and economic justice embraced by the Mayor.

    A parallel stipulated fine program should be established for individuals who are NYC tax residents perhaps with sliding scale fines based on prior tax year income (simple SSN/TIN lookup and formula based on NYC taxes paid so all records required to enforce are City owned). Fines for some violations (like red light and speed cameras) are probably not deterrent for higher income individuals while parking fines may be disastrous for lower income individuals.

    Alternatively, other jurisdictions (for example London, UK; Toronto, ON) include video and/or photo evidence in parking violations to limit the ability of violators to challenge tickets. Parking agents already carry smartphones, so it should be simple enough to include photo, video and GPS capture in writing violations and use that data to automate filling out the violation based on things like GIS data about parking restrictions and image recognition for number plates, vehicle make/model/color, etc. In this connection, City issued parking permits should be electronically associated with number plates rather than physical. In this case if a traffic agent attempts to write a violation that is covered by the permit attached to the time and location of the number plate, the ticket issuing system would simply throw an error. If the permit doesn’t apply to the violation observed, the vehicle would get the appropriate ticket. This would ensure fair enforcement against all violators (commerical, City employee, and individuals).

    Comment added January 7, 2026 3:12pm