As NYPD cracked down on quality-of-life violations, nearly half its 98K civil tickets got tossed
Nearly half of the approximately 98,000 civil summonses issued by the NYPD for quality-of-life violations have been dismissed during a recent enforcement surge. Unlike other city agencies that have modernized their processes, the NYPD continues to write all civil tickets by hand, a practice linked to the high rate of tossed citations. This trend highlights a significant gap in the department's effort to penalize low-level offenses through manual documentation.
A woman receives a citation dressed in a holiday costume from an NYPD officer while participating in SantaCon on December 10, 2021 in New York City. Unlike other city ticket-writing agencies, the NYPD still writes 100% of its civil tickets by hand. [ more › ]
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