D A Contracting

What sets this record apart

The measures on which D A Contracting differs most from all 362,855 DEP idling summonses in the same period.

• When D A Contracting took a case to a hearing on the merits, it won a dismissal 3% of the time (6 of 235), compared with 17% for all contested cases.
• One ZIP code, 11201, accounts for 35% of all D A Contracting's violations.
• OATH records show $769,866 still due on D A Contracting's cases, about $1,192 per summons, against a citywide average of $382 per summons.
• 58% of D A Contracting's summonses were charged at the third-or-subsequent-offense tier, the highest of the three, versus 28% 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). D A Contracting's summonses by tier as charged: first offense 231, second offense 43, and third or subsequent 372. 108 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:

• $2,000 215 casesthird or later, default
• $600 136 casesthird or later
• $1,000 126 casesfirst offense, default
• $350 70 casesfirst offense
• $440 23 casessecond offense
• $1,500 21 casessecond offense, default

Median time from violation to decision: 491 days (citywide 419). Outstanding balances on its cases: $769,866.

Where and when

Violations were recorded in 27 ZIP codes. The five with the most: 11201 (229, 35.4%), 11217 (128, 19.8%), 11231 (95, 14.7%), 11215 (52, 8.0%), 10004 (22, 3.4%).

The record in detail

• First violation in the data: 2019-01-14; most recent: 2026-01-20.
• Of 597 decided cases, 591 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 6 dismissed.
• Most violations were recorded in Brooklyn (537, followed by Manhattan with 92).
• Average penalty when upheld: $1,191 (median $1,000).

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):

D A CONTRACTING LLC (620) · D A CONTRACTING LLC (19) · D A CONTRACTING (5) · D A CONTRACTING INC (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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