Data hub · updated June 2026
NYC idling enforcement, in full
Every DEP idling summons heard at OATH since the citizen-complaint era began in 2019 — cleaned, normalized by company, and refreshed monthly. This dataset doesn't exist anywhere else in this form.
Monthly violations since 2019
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · methodology
Penalties imposed by year
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · methodology
NYC's most-fined idling offenders
The 50 companies with the largest total penalties imposed on DEP idling summonses since 2019. Click a company for its full record; click column headers to re-sort. A summons records an alleged violation; figures include cases resolved by default, admission, settlement, or hearing as noted per company.
| # | Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon | 12,539 | $15,743,860 | $17,764,995 | 99.9% |
| 2 | Con Edison | 23,009 | $14,911,920 | $12,213,389 | 99.4% |
| 3 | Verizon | 15,966 | $8,899,640 | $7,350,865 | 99.2% |
| 4 | Brink's | 3,597 | $4,653,140 | $649,804 | 99.9% |
| 5 | Garda CL Atlantic | 2,236 | $2,326,380 | $63,207 | 89.7% |
| 6 | Go New York Tours | 4,210 | $2,017,130 | $228,979 | 70.5% |
| 7 | LabQ Clinical Diagnostics | 3,423 | $1,865,870 | $7,100 | 98.9% |
| 8 | UPS | 1,915 | $1,786,320 | $1,880,996 | 100.0% |
| 9 | National Grid | 3,444 | $1,689,120 | $1,572,160 | 99.8% |
| 10 | Hylan | 1,427 | $1,558,790 | $603,598 | 99.3% |
| 11 | Ryder | 3,324 | $1,506,610 | $1,100,808 | 90.5% |
| 12 | Penske | 3,172 | $1,424,530 | $823,578 | 95.9% |
| 13 | FedEx | 2,266 | $1,290,680 | $645,019 | 97.4% |
| 14 | Charter Communications (Spectrum) | 2,615 | $1,130,490 | $1,050,211 | 95.0% |
| 15 | Merchants Automotive Group | 2,014 | $990,960 | $991,625 | 99.6% |
| 16 | U-Haul | 1,942 | $944,910 | $931,634 | 98.9% |
| 17 | Malca-Amit | 1,060 | $918,940 | $894,885 | 99.2% |
| 18 | Hub Truck Rental | 1,573 | $895,610 | $464,009 | 97.8% |
| 19 | Gelco Fleet Trust | 837 | $889,580 | $480,800 | 99.9% |
| 20 | Ibi Armored Services | 522 | $870,450 | $5,206 | 100.0% |
| 21 | EAN Holdings (Enterprise) | 1,903 | $815,820 | $734,980 | 99.9% |
| 22 | Clean Harbors | 917 | $788,720 | $293,788 | 99.9% |
| 23 | New York Paving | 1,531 | $731,430 | $396,382 | 96.7% |
| 24 | Courier Car Rental | 1,590 | $729,900 | $669,118 | 100.0% |
| 25 | Loomis | 644 | $724,750 | $217,100 | 96.7% |
| 26 | MTLR Corp | 964 | $714,280 | $310,585 | 99.4% |
| 27 | Academy Bus (Academy Express) | 1,496 | $638,050 | $242,675 | 82.9% |
| 28 | Empire City Subway | 1,019 | $576,540 | $477,992 | 99.3% |
| 29 | Sunbelt Rentals | 779 | $560,340 | $480,480 | 97.6% |
| 30 | Milea | 768 | $524,670 | $192,355 | 98.4% |
| 31 | Call A Head | 431 | $515,470 | $85,165 | 100.0% |
| 32 | D A Contracting | 508 | $500,020 | $62,692 | 98.7% |
| 33 | Nico Equipment | 409 | $475,320 | $40,936 | 98.6% |
| 34 | Baldor Specialty Foods | 815 | $455,440 | $394,618 | 96.9% |
| 35 | Adventures By Dawn | 432 | $453,350 | $18,841 | 100.0% |
| 36 | Brinkb S | 411 | $436,000 | $80,814 | 99.5% |
| 37 | Edge Auto | 833 | $411,780 | $88,253 | 96.0% |
| 38 | Ferrari Express | 771 | $399,250 | $398,440 | 99.9% |
| 39 | Danella | 546 | $398,330 | $197,968 | 89.9% |
| 40 | Interstate Waste Services (Action) | 567 | $363,400 | $350,035 | 100.0% |
| 41 | Wheels Lt | 354 | $338,280 | $286,400 | 99.7% |
| 42 | Lease Plan Usa Lt | 467 | $313,690 | $214,465 | 100.0% |
| 43 | A L Cesspool Service | 424 | $308,060 | $154,544 | 99.4% |
| 44 | Donlen Trust | 310 | $293,760 | $289,560 | 99.7% |
| 45 | Hugh O Kane Electric Co | 427 | $290,290 | $152,782 | 96.9% |
| 46 | Gunther Charters | 267 | $279,630 | $27,965 | 99.6% |
| 47 | Sp Plus | 337 | $266,200 | $239,537 | 100.0% |
| 48 | Rhs1 | 237 | $265,750 | $138,174 | 100.0% |
| 49 | Merchants Fleet | 555 | $251,740 | $251,040 | 99.6% |
| 50 | Acv Environmental Services | 285 | $244,550 | $262,613 | 100.0% |
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · ranked by total penalties imposed since 2019 · methodology
Where violations happen
| Borough | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | 222,320 | 68.2% |
| Brooklyn | 72,903 | 22.3% |
| Queens | 27,549 | 8.4% |
| Bronx | 2,865 | 0.9% |
| Staten Is | 477 | 0.1% |
| Not Nyc | 93 | 0.0% |
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · methodology
Download the data
The exact tables this site renders, as JSON — regenerated with each monthly refresh, including the automated sanity report each release must pass. Journalists and researchers: cite as “DashcamBounty analysis of NYC Open Data OATH records, as of June 2026.” Aggregation methodology, including how company name variants are merged, is on the methodology page.
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
| companies.json | Top-50 company table: violations, fines, outcomes, yearly counts |
| monthly.json | Monthly violations, penalties imposed, and collected since 2019 |
| yearly.json | Yearly totals, all years on record |
| summary.json | Headline totals, rates, and filter metadata |
| boroughs.json | Violations by borough |
| hearing_results.json | Raw hearing-result distribution |
| calculator.json | Calculator parameters (penalty averages, upheld rate, share) |
| tickets.json | Respondent-side outcome stats: what defaults, admissions, and hearings cost |
| sanity_report.json | Automated checks this release passed before publication |
Underlying records: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status (terms).