Parking Tickets Are Moving Up

2,535,308 parking tickets were issued the first three months of this year. That’s 200,000 more tickets (+8%) compared to last year. The city has collected $162 million during that period as compared to $150 million last year; a 12 million dollar increase. The NYPD currently employs about 2,800 traffic agents. That’s up from 1,900 people in 2006. 238 additional agents will hit the streets in June. The NYPD claims that there is no “ticket blitz” taking place. Perhaps that’s true. Perhaps not. Maybe it’s just the city going green with extra money by going orange first.