Methodology

All statistics come from the public dataset Open Parking and Camera Violations published by the City of New York (~148 million rows). Last refreshed: 7/30/2026.

We count only tickets whose status shows a decided hearing: “HEARING HELD-NOT GUILTY” (7,087,208), “HEARING HELD-GUILTY” (11,199,196), and “HEARING HELD-GUILTY REDUCTION” (8,689,777).

Dismissal rate = not-guilty outcomes ÷ decided hearings, per violation type (and per borough). Reduction rate = guilty-with-reduction ÷ decided hearings. Groups with fewer than 500 decided hearings are excluded to avoid small-sample noise.

Important caveats:

• These are rates among people who disputed and got a decision — they say nothing about tickets that were simply paid.
• Rates aggregate many years of hearings; enforcement and adjudication practice change over time.
• Historical rates describe groups, not individuals. Your case depends on its own facts and evidence. Nothing here is legal advice.

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