Here is the email and the links I was sent...
I'm back to the SURCHARGE thing again,cops gave me a ticket for talking on my cell phone while driving.Went to hearing and I postponed it,got a letter in the mail telling me I can pay the fine plus the SURCHARGE (nobody at Dept of Finance can tell me what this is for ?)going back for hearing in Jan. I would love to know what this SURCHARGE is for ? If Dept of Finance dont know who does?? Also bloomberg just started this thing that you only have 2 weeks to pay your parking tickets or his stormtroopers takes your vehicle registration and then your vehicle.Well I guess the city can do whatever they want to the SHEEP I mean people.
http://albany-lawyer.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-york-traffic-courts-surcharge-tax.html
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=72114&catid=37
www.internetautoguide.com I was sent the article below without the link: New York Traffic Ticket Prices Going Up, Up and Away! - Auto News from August 15, 2008 NEW YORK, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- According to New York traffic attorney Matthew Weiss, Esq. (http://www.nytrafficticket.com), the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles reports that motorists will soon be paying a hefty 60% increase in surcharges for New York traffic tickets. As of August 1, the surcharge has gone to $80.00, just having gone from $50 to $60.00 on July 1st. Originally $5.00, this surcharge was instituted by then-Gov. Cuomo in the 1980s and has quickly grown to often surpass the actual fine amounts. The surcharge is payable in addition to the actual fine for the NY moving violation. It is also payable in addition to the $300 (or more) Driver Assessment Responsibility Fee, which is imposed upon motorists that accumulate six or more points. The Driver Assessment Fee is payable by all motorists regardless of their state of license, that have 6 or more points in New York. According to Weiss, "New York politicians use motor vehicle traffic laws as a multi-faceted way to tax New York drivers which, of course, creates further incentive for motorists to fight their tickets." Weiss adds that, because the high cost of gas is reducing vehicle traffic on major NY highways, "the police have fewer targets to ticket and therefore need to squeeze more money out of each victim. Courts have no discretion to waive or reduce the surcharge and often the surcharge exceeds the actual fine amount for the traffic ticket." Weiss' firm, dubbed 888-RED LIGHT, helps New York drivers defend themselves from any New York truck or traffic ticket for a flat fee. His team of NY traffic ticket lawyers successfully defend 1,000s of motorists each year. For an interview with Mr. Weiss about this issue or any issues affecting the law and traffic tickets, please contact: Rosemarie Colon Miles, 212-683-7373. X 44 or email: |
