Got an NYC ticket? Look at the city's own numbers before you pay.

New York publishes the outcome of every parking and camera violation — 119.8 million records. Almost nobody reads them before deciding whether to fight. Here is what they say.

1 in 4

contested tickets is dismissed outright at hearing — the driver pays nothing.

26.3%

of decided hearings end NOT GUILTY

58.5%

end dismissed or reduced — the driver pays less or nothing

12.5%

of second-stage appeals REVERSE the hearing result

Coming here in the next days: dismissal rates for every violation code, borough by borough, plus a free check of your ticket against the elements the city requires it to contain — errors and omissions are grounds for dismissal.

Figures computed 6 August 2026 from NYC Open Data, "Open Parking and Camera Violations" (updated daily by the City of New York). Percentages are shares of hearings with a recorded disposition (~27.0M).