Meadow v. NYC Department of Finance

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila AbdusSalaam, J_), entered March 28, 2008, denying the petition and dismissing this proceeding to challenge a parking violation determination and a $115 fine, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition granted, and the matter remanded for a hearing.

After receiving a notice of violation for illegally parking within five feet of a fire hydrant, petitioner timely mailed the ticket back to the Parking Violations Bureau (PVB), entering a plea of not guilty in the manner prescribed by applicable regulations (see 19 RCNY 39-04 [b]).…