Baldor Specialty Foods

What sets this record apart

The measures on which Baldor Specialty Foods differs most from all 362,855 DEP idling summonses in the same period.

• When Baldor Specialty Foods took a case to a hearing on the merits, it won a dismissal 71% of the time (24 of 34), compared with 17% for all contested cases.
• One ZIP code, 10010, accounts for 27% of all Baldor Specialty Foods' violations.
• OATH records show $114,960 still due on Baldor Specialty Foods' cases, about $135 per summons, against a citywide average of $382 per summons.
• 15% of Baldor Specialty Foods' summonses were decided by default, meaning nobody answered or appeared for the respondent, against 35% of all summonses citywide.

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). Baldor Specialty Foods' summonses by tier as charged: first offense 304, second offense 120, and third or subsequent 430. 53 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:

• $600 380 casesthird or later
• $350 190 casesfirst offense
• $440 89 casessecond offense
• $1,000 80 casesfirst offense, default
• $2,000 29 casesthird or later, default
• $1,500 15 casessecond offense, default

Median time from violation to decision: 275 days (citywide 419). Outstanding balances on its cases: $114,960.

Where and when

Violations were recorded in 55 ZIP codes. The five with the most: 10010 (232, 27.2%), 10012 (88, 10.3%), 10003 (71, 8.3%), 10013 (47, 5.5%), 10011 (46, 5.4%).

The record in detail

• First violation in the data: 2019-02-27; most recent: 2026-01-02.
• Of 807 decided cases, 783 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 24 dismissed.
• Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (733, followed by Brooklyn with 99).
• Average penalty when upheld: $631 (median $600).

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):

BALDOR EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION (818) · BALDOR EXPRESS (5) · BALDOR EXPRESS TRANSPORATION (4) · BALDOR TRANSPORTATION CO INC (4) · BALDOR (3) · BALDOR SPECIALITY FOODS INC (3) · BALDOR EXPRESS TRANSPORTAION C (2) · BALDOR EXPRESS TRANSPORATION C (2)

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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