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Got a NYC ticket?

Upload a photo to see what it is, when it is due, and whether it may be worth fighting.

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How it works

Why people use FightMyTicket

  • Understand exactly what the violation means
  • Know the deadline before you risk a late fee
  • Check for possible issues before you pay
  • Draft a response if you decide to fight it

Built on NYC ticket data

We’ve reviewed millions of NYC ticket records to help identify what may be worth checking before you pay or fight a ticket.

FightMyTicket provides information and opinion, not legal advice. Outcomes are never guaranteed.

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A few quick things and you'll see your response.

1What kind of ticket?
2Photos of your ticket

Add up to 4 photos — tickets can be long, so capture every part clearly. We read the charge, fine, and deadline from them.

Your photo is used only to read your ticket, then deleted — we never store your images or license-plate data.
3What happened
4Your Business / Building (Optional)
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Your Tickets

Ticket data — how NYC tickets really work

NYC publishes every ticket and every hearing outcome. We don’t gatekeep it. Live numbers from the last 12 months, straight from the city’s open data.

Overview
Parking
Sanitation
Hot Spots
Most people don’t fight, so most people lose.
86% of NYC parking tickets are never contested. Among the 14% that are, 16% get dismissed and 35% get reduced — a 52% “better outcome” rate. The data is on your side if you actually try.
NYC at a glance — past 12 months
MetricValue
Parking + camera tickets issued15.2M
Total fines assessed$1.1B
Sanitation summonses to OATH~470K / yr
Citywide dismissal rate (of contested)16%
Citywide reduction rate (of contested)35%
Out-of-state plates getting NYC tickets~30%
A few things the data shows
  • Camera tickets are harder to fight than officer-issued ones (12% vs 17% dismiss rate). The folk wisdom is wrong.
  • NYPD-issued tickets dismiss at 63% when contested. Parks Dept tickets at 72%. The agency that wrote your ticket matters.
  • Commercial plates already contest 62% of tickets but win mostly reductions, not dismissals. Different strategy needed.
  • School-zone speed cameras are the highest-volume single code (~4M/yr) and rarely get dismissed.

Drill into the Parking tab for the per-code dismiss rates.

Sources: NYC Open Parking and Camera Violations (nc67-uf89) and Parking Violations Issued (pvqr-7yc4) datasets, past 12 months. NYC DSNY FY2024 Mayor’s Management Report.
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