NEW YORK — A new report suggests New York City owes more than $1 billion in unpaid speeding and parking tickets.
The Independent Budget Office, a state-funded watchdog group, found drivers racked up the unpaid bill from 2017 to 2022.
The report also revealed $150 million in unpaid property taxes and $940 million in unpaid building security fines. If all the totals are combined, the total total would be $2.1 billion.
The city did not immediately respond to a request for comment from our sister network. NBC New York. A city spokesperson told AM New York that ticket collection was increasing again after plummeting during the pandemic as sanctions were lifted.
The city is encouraging those with unpaid tickets to pay.