How to fight Sanitation ticket
I just received a ticket in the mail for having a piece of wood in a cardboard box of paper recyclables. The building is on 7 ave in park slope which is a very busy Ave so there is a problem of people throwing garbage anywhere. I am planning on going to the hearing and…
I just received a ticket in the mail for having a piece of wood in a cardboard box of paper recyclables. The building is on 7 ave in park slope which is a very busy Ave so there is a problem of people throwing garbage anywhere. I am planning on going to the hearing and making a defense on the busy street and hoping to reduce the ticket from $100. Have anyone have a similiar problem and how best to prepare myself for the hearing.
Thanks in advance
It is the end of the month you know. Some loser has not reached his quota so that is the best way to stay employed. Fight it in writing and remember the name of the person that gave it to you so you can see if there is a pattern in the future and report it to his supervisor for harrasment.
We tried to fight a $100 ticket for snow on the walk, and lost. Even though we had an affadavit from our neighbor saying that not only had we shoveled our own walk but their too. (True, and we got a ticket and they didn’t.)
We did it for the principle, but ended up more aggravated. I tend to agree with smyer418 – it’s just a cost of living in NY, unless you have nothing better to do than go to the hearing. ($500 ticket would be another story!)
My co-op just fought a similar ticket successfully. We are on the corner of 5th avenue and 2nd st, and a 5th ave resident constantly dumps trash on the corner near the city garbage can, and in front of our building. I’ve called into 311 about this numerous times and asked for dept. of sanitation surveillance.
Our ticket was for a dumped item (large cardboard box full of household trash.) We contested by mail with a notarized letter from the board, as well as an additional letter from a co-op member who happens to be an attorney. We also sent a copy to our local city council person’s office. The ticket was dismissed within a week or two of sending these letters.
If this is certain person or businesses who routinely dump trash where you live, then document it by calling 311 – this makes your claim more valid, and they will also work with you to get it to stop. good luck.
I fight these tickets by mail. Over the years I have gotten 4 tickets and three have been dismissed. One ticket was reduced to $25.00. I paid it. take pictures write a letter and if found guilty remember its part of the cost of living in NY City(but I wouldn’t take the time off to fight it)
We use to get tickets all the time for that kind of stuff.
Fought most, got off on half (give or take).
We went to bagging everything. Lined cans in our airy way and then the tied off bags went to the curb. Clear for paper, blue for plastic/bottles, and black for regular trash.
No tickets in the last 3 or so years. A bit more effort and cost for the bags (a nice write off 😉 ) but it’s proved effective.
A few weeks ago some city worker put $500 dollar tickets on nearly every building on my block claiming non-recyclable material was mixed with recyclable material put out for collection. Nothing was “mixed”, we took photos to prove it, and we’re fighting it too.
The city is short of money and doing whatever they can to raise it.
Take pictures of the street showing how busy it is – ideally, do it when people have put out their bins for pick-up. Take long shots of the street in general as well as tight shots of bins set out. When I contested a similar ticket, I also took photos of the way I organize recycling in my house to show that I try to be conscientious about it.
If you’re near a municipal bin, maybe take a shot of that showing how full it is & argue that people use private bins as public trash.