Company record · #29 most-fined
Empire City Subway
Empire City Subway has 1,080 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2019–2026), totaling $673,430 in penalties imposed, 0.3% of all idling penalties citywide in that period.
By Mario Bailey · Data updated November 2026
Violations by year
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · methodology
What sets this record apart
The measures on which Empire City Subway differs most from all 362,855 DEP idling summonses in the same period.
- OATH records show $23,470 still due on Empire City Subway's cases, about $22 per summons, against a citywide average of $382 per summons.
- 8% of Empire City Subway's summonses were decided by default, meaning nobody answered or appeared for the respondent, against 35% of all summonses citywide.
- When Empire City Subway took a case to a hearing on the merits, it won a dismissal 5% of the time (6 of 111), compared with 17% for all contested cases.
- 74% of Empire City Subway's summonses were charged at the third-or-subsequent-offense tier, the highest of the three, versus 28% citywide.
How the cases ended
| Outcome | Cases | Share | Citywide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admittedthe respondent admitted the violation without a hearing | 814 | 75.4% | 31.0% |
| Lost at a hearingcontested, and the hearing officer sustained the charge | 105 | 9.7% | 16.0% |
| Decided by defaultthe respondent did not answer or appear | 83 | 7.7% | 34.9% |
| Settledresolved by stipulation | 36 | 3.3% | 8.5% |
| Still opennot yet decided, or adjourned | 36 | 3.3% | 6.4% |
| Dismissedcontested, and the charge was thrown out | 6 | 0.6% | 3.2% |
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). Empire City Subway's summonses by tier as charged: first offense 224, second offense 52, and third or subsequent 804. 46 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:
- $600 728 casesthird or later
- $350 188 casesfirst offense
- $2,000 50 casesthird or later, default
- $440 39 casessecond offense
- $1,000 25 casesfirst offense, default
- $1,500 8 casessecond offense, default
Median time from violation to decision: 287 days (citywide 419). Outstanding balances on its cases: $23,470.
Where and when
Violations were recorded in 44 ZIP codes. The five with the most: 10001 (108, 10.0%), 10003 (100, 9.3%), 10019 (92, 8.5%), 10009 (74, 6.9%), 10011 (65, 6.0%).
The record in detail
- First violation in the data: 2019-02-12; most recent: 2026-01-12.
- Of 1,044 decided cases, 1,038 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 6 dismissed.
- Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (1,066, followed by Bronx with 14).
- Average penalty when upheld: $633 (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):
EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY LTD (659) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY (161) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY CO LTD (108) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY LI (78) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY (26) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY LIM (22) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY LTD (7) · EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY LT (4)
Source: NYC Open Data, OATH Hearings Division Case Status · DEP idling summonses · as of November 2026 · company grouping documented in methodology · methodology
Cite this record: DashcamBounty, “Empire City Subway: NYC Idling Enforcement Record, as of November 2026,” analysis of NYC Open Data OATH Hearings Division records. dashcambounty.com/data/company/empire-city-subway/ (underlying tables on the data hub).
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