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Summonses resolved through pre-hearing activities
Adjudicate alleged violations of City administrative laws. — Hear cases promptly and issue timely and fair decisions at OATH Hearings Division.
This indicator tracks summonses resolved before a hearing (through cures, stipulations, settlements or pre-hearing payments), which rose steadily through FY25 as the volume of summonses that city enforcement agencies filed with OATH grew sharply, topping one million for the first time. OATH reported summons filings then decreased in the early months of FY26, driving fewer pre-hearing resolutions; the FY26 figure here also reflects only part of the fiscal year, not a full 12 months.
Researched July 16, 2026 — OATH, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report, OATH, Preliminary Fiscal 2026 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 193,455 summonses |
| FY23 | 263,343 summonses |
| FY24 | 285,592 summonses |
| FY25 | 377,222 summonses |
| FY26 (YTD) | 244,567 summonses |
| FY26 (projected) | ~326,089 summonses |
Why this is tracked
Before 1979, city agencies conducted their own disciplinary and violation hearings using judges who were themselves employees of that same agency — a setup with an obvious conflict of interest. Mayor Ed Koch's Executive Order 32 in 1979 created the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings specifically to move those cases to a centralized team of independent Administrative Law Judges separate from the agencies referring the cases. In 1988, voters made OATH a permanent charter agency, establishing it as the first municipal central tribunal of its kind in the country.
About OATH — nyc.gov, New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings — Wikipedia
Source: OATH Trials Division — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: Total of all summonses that resulted in either an Admission Prior to Hearing, a Stipulation, a Cure, a Settlement or a Withdrawal before a hearing was held at the OATH Hearings Division.