Company record · #14 most-fined

Charter Communications (Spectrum)

Charter Communications (Spectrum) has 2,615 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2019–2026), totaling $1,130,490 in penalties imposed — 0.5% of all idling penalties citywide in that period.

2,615 Violations since 2019
$1.1M Penalties imposed $1.1M recorded as paid
95.0% Upheld rate (decided) 2,356 upheld · 125 dismissed · 134 pending

Violations by year

2019: 121 2020: 182 2021: 110 2022: 449 2023: 594 2024: 757 2025: 399 2026: 3 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 757
Peak year: 2024 with 757 violations. Recent years may still grow as pending cases are heard.

Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of June 2026 · methodology

The record in detail

  • First violation in the data: 2019-01-31; most recent: 2026-01-21.
  • Of 2,481 decided cases, 2,356 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 125 dismissed.
  • Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (1,613, followed by Brooklyn with 642).
  • Average penalty when upheld: $451 (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):

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS LLC (1,649) · SPECTRUM (862) · SPECTRUM ON BROADWAY (17) · SPECTRUM ON BROADWAY ELECTRICA (14) · SPECTRUM PAINTING CORP (8) · SPECTRUM PAINTING (8) · CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS LLC SP (6) · SPECTRUM CABLE COMMUNICATIONS (6)

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

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