Fox 5 News reported tonight that in 2005, motorists won 36% of the New York City parking tickets they challenged but in 2008 only were successful 16% of the time. The report opined that there is pressure on parking judges to find people guilty or, otherwise, they are not allotted many hours to work at the PVB. It added that parking judges rush motorists through their hearings and are obsessed with their guilty percentages and number of cases handled. Finally, the report noted that there were ten million parking tickets issued in 2008 resulting in $624,ooo,000 in revenue for the City.
