Academy Bus (Academy Express)

What sets this record apart

The measures on which Academy Bus (Academy Express) differs most from all 362,855 DEP idling summonses in the same period.

• 7% of Academy Bus (Academy Express)'s summonses were decided by default, meaning nobody answered or appeared for the respondent, against 35% of all summonses citywide.
• One ZIP code, 10001, accounts for 31% of all Academy Bus (Academy Express)'s violations.
• When Academy Bus (Academy Express) took a case to a hearing on the merits, it won a dismissal 51% of the time (144 of 282), compared with 17% for all contested cases.
• 17% of Academy Bus (Academy Express)'s violations were recorded on a Saturday or Sunday; across the city, weekends account for 6%.

How the cases ended

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · outcome = OATH hearing result · methodology

Offense tier and penalties

Tiers and amounts follow DEP's penalty schedule (15 RCNY 43-02, explained in the NYC idling law guide). Academy Bus (Academy Express)'s summonses by tier as charged: first offense 1,050, second offense 141, and third or subsequent 658. 211 were for idling more than one minute next to a school.

The penalty amounts OATH most often imposed on its upheld cases, and what each one means on the schedule:

• $350 429 casesfirst offense
• $600 125 casesthird or later
• $1,000 68 casesfirst offense, default
• $440 63 casessecond offense
• $2,000 56 casesthird or later, default
• $1,500 14 casessecond offense, default

Median time from violation to decision: 499 days (citywide 419). Outstanding balances on its cases: $669,065.

Where and when

Violations were recorded in 62 ZIP codes. The five with the most: 10001 (577, 31.2%), 10027 (376, 20.3%), 10036 (117, 6.3%), 10019 (115, 6.2%), 10022 (98, 5.3%).

The record in detail

• First violation in the data: 2019-03-16; most recent: 2026-03-15.
• Of 899 decided cases, 755 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 144 dismissed.
• Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (1,779, followed by Brooklyn with 53).
• Average penalty when upheld: $601 (median $350).

A summons records an alleged violation; cases marked pending have no final outcome. “Paid” reflects payments recorded in OATH case data, which can lag or include fees.

Respondent names behind this record

OATH records name respondents inconsistently. This page aggregates the following source spellings (violation counts in parentheses):

ACADEMY EXPRESS LLC (1,666) · ACADEMY BUS LLC (87) · ACADEMY EXPRESS L L C (52) · ACADEMY EXPRESS INC (18) · ACADEMY BUS (17) · ACADEMY EXPRESS (5) · ACADEMY BUS CO INC (3) · ACADEMY BUS LINES (1)

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · company grouping documented in methodology · methodology

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