Company record · #15 most-fined
Merchants Automotive Group
Merchants Automotive Group has 2,014 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2020–2025), totaling $990,960 in penalties imposed — 0.4% of all idling penalties citywide in that period.
Violations by year
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: 2020-11-17; most recent: 2025-03-27.
- Of 2,012 decided cases, 2,003 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 9 dismissed.
- Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (1,993, followed by Brooklyn with 14).
- Average penalty when upheld: $494 (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):
MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (1,975) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP IN (24) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LLC (4) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUPS IN (3) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE (3) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP DBA (2) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP (1) · MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE INC (1)
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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