Last fall the NYPD decided to do something about pedestrians being struck by cyclists in Prospect Park by going on a ticketing binge. The Brooklyn Paper today got their paws on some stats—and the cops weren't kidding! more ›

It's the end of the month, which means it's time for the NYPD to get cracking on filling those ticket quotas which have been lying around all month. Can't just keep going after dead people, sometimes you gotta get them while they're still breathing! To that end, a reader wrote us that cops have been pulling over cars on the Williamsburg Bridge for the past two days to give tickets to people with tinted windshields. Read his account below: more ›

Earlier this week, it was reported that the NYPD gave summons to seven neighborhood chess players in Inwood. They were ticketed for playing on chess boards in a children's play area off limits to adults without minors in Inwood Hill Park. This caused some controversy among locals, who couldn't fathom why the men who mentored their children in chess were being hounded, but the Knights gave no ground today, defending the ticketing of the Pawns. more ›

Commuters waiting for the bus have been tossing their trash on the sidewalk and lawn in front of Rosanna Gennarelli's Bronx home — leaving her to face hundreds of dollars of littering summonses. The city has repeatedly fined the 51-year-old for violations including "scattered bottles, cigarette packs, paper bags, pieces of paper, tissue wrappers and other debris in the front yard,” hitting her with $300 tickets as recently as Nov. 14 and Nov. 19. more ›

Black Friday is typically the most lucrative day for traffic agents because many shoppers, out-of-towners, and forgetful locals assume it's a parking holiday. In past years, traffic agents have issued about 20,000 tickets on the day after Thanksgiving — netting the city around $900,000. But yesterday marked the Muslim holiday of Id al-Adha, which commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son to God, and as such, the city suspended alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules on Black Friday. more ›

The 24-hour crackdown on drivers using handheld electronic devices ended last Friday at midnight with 7,529 tickets issued. That total edges out the number of tickets issued in August (7,432) but still falls short of the record 9,016 tickets written during the March sting. Is the NYPD phoning it in, or are New Yorkers getting the message? more ›

The NYPD may have time to ticket folks drinking a non-life-threatening lager on their stoop, but they are way too busy to ticket jaywalkers. At least, that's what Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday, suggesting New Yorkers practice common sense when crossing the street illegally. more ›