Have An Environmental Control Fine From NYC? There Might Be a “FAIRER” Way to Pay
by CrownHeights.info
The City of New York is offering a temporary program geared toward allowing you to pay a reduced amount for eligible Environmental Control Board judgments. The program is called “FAIRER”, Fines and Interest Reduction Enabling Recovery.
According to the city’s website, found here, if you have unpaid OATH ECB judgments that are eligible for the FAIRER Program, you may be able to save up to 75% and have the penalties and interest associated with your judgments waived.
The program is a three-month program authorized by Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council and administered by the Department of Finance (DOF) that allows respondents or payors to resolve outstanding Environmental Control Board (ECB) judgments issued by various city agencies and adjudicated by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH).
The amount that customers can save will depend upon when their violations went into judgment and whether the party named on the violation (respondent) attended a hearing held by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.
According to the website, if your judgment contains a default penalty for not attending a hearing, the person would be liable for the entire default Penalty and Interest.
If there is no Default Penalty, and the judgment was entered between or on March 7th, 2020, and June 20th, 2021, the person would have the fine reduced to 75% of Base Fine and Interest.
Should there be no default penalty and the judgment entered before March 7th, 2020, the person would have the fine reduced to 25% of Base Fine and Interest.
How to Participate
To participate in the FAIRER Program, www.nyc.gov/mysummons.
Enter your name and address, ticket number, or OATH ID number. (If you are a respondent and have received correspondence from the Department of Finance, your OATH ID number will appear on the correspondence.)
Your outstanding OATH-adjudicated ECB judgment violations will be listed, along with whether each violation is eligible for the FAIRER Program. You can select your eligible judgment(s), agree to the FAIRER Program terms and conditions, and pay the selected judgments in full.
Deadline
The FAIRER Program will begin on September 20, 2021, and continue through December 20, 2021. To participate, you must pay your violations in full by December 20, 2021.
