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New York City's Summer Of 'Silly Summons'

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
4 June 2003 - 5:00am

Is New York City's "ticket blitz" for minor infractions meant to generate income for the financially-strapped city?

"Despite strenuous denials from Mayor Bloomberg and his aides, police union leaders are grumbling that cops are being pressured to churn out money-making summonses... Last week, the Daily News reported the tale of a Bronx man busted for sitting on a milk crate. Since then, readers have supplied plenty of painful examples of silly summonses...Bloomberg said people shouldn't blame cops or City Hall."

Full Story: Kick in the pants for mom-to-be
Source: New York Daily News, June 3, 2003
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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