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Parking and camera summonses paid within 90 days (%)
Bill, adjudicate and collect on parking summonses. — Increase the proportion of parking and camera violation summonses that are resolved.
The share of parking and camera summonses paid within 90 days has climbed steadily, from 66.2% in FY22 to 69.6% in FY25, comfortably ahead of the City's 65% target. DOF attributes continued gains in collections to its payment-plan options — including a standard installment plan and a moderate-income plan for motorists below a set income threshold — and to its Stipulated Fine Program, which collected $52.8 million in FY25, up nearly 15% from FY24.
Researched July 18, 2026 — NYC Comptroller, "Selected Aspects of Parking Violations Operations to Collect Fines and Fees" (follow-up), NYC Department of Finance, Parking Ticket Payment Plans
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | 66.2% | 65% |
| FY23 | 69% | 65% |
| FY24 | 69% | 65% |
| FY25 | 69.6% | 65% |
| FY26 (YTD) | Not available | 65% |
Why this is tracked
Before 1970, contesting a parking ticket meant going through the criminal court system, which by the late 1960s was handling more than 3.2 million non-moving-violation cases annually on top of hundreds of thousands of moving-violation cases. State legislation effective July 1, 1970 shifted these cases to the newly created Parking Violations Bureau, a civil administrative tribunal where jail time is not a possible penalty. That decriminalization is why parking tickets today are billed, contested, and collected by DOF's Parking Violations Bureau rather than treated as a criminal matter.
NYC Administrative Code - Chapter 2: Parking Violations Bureau, Office of Justice Programs - Administrative Adjudication Bureau of NYS DMV
Source: STARS system/Information Technology Division — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The number of parking tickets and camera violations that are paid within 90 calendar days as a percent of the total number of parking tickets and camera violations issued in a particular month. The 90-day period is related to the length of time allowed to contest a parking ticket or camera violation and appeal a hearing decision.