Company record · #16 most-fined
U-Haul
U-Haul has 1,942 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2019–2025), totaling $944,910 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: 2019-05-29; most recent: 2025-07-04.
- Of 1,894 decided cases, 1,873 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 21 dismissed.
- Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (1,483, followed by Brooklyn with 336).
- Average penalty when upheld: $495 (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):
U-HAUL CO OF NEW YORK AND VER (1,119) · U-HAUL CO OF NEW YORK AND VERM (382) · U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA (141) · U-HAUL (98) · U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA INC (80) · U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA INC DBA U (21) · U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL INC (18) · UHAUL (16)
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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