Company record · #3 most-fined
Verizon
Verizon has 15,966 idling violations on record from citizen-era DEP summonses heard at NYC OATH (2019–2026), totaling $8,899,640 in penalties imposed — 4.0% 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: 2019-01-09; most recent: 2026-03-28.
- Of 14,348 decided cases, 14,230 were upheld (including defaults, admissions, and settlements) and 118 dismissed.
- Most violations were recorded in Manhattan (12,496, followed by Brooklyn with 2,425).
- Average penalty when upheld: $563 (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):
VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVI (14,171) · VERIZON (880) · VERIZON NEW YORK INC (730) · VERIZON NY (64) · VERIZON NEW YORK INC DBA VERIZ (50) · VERIZON NY INC (14) · VERIZON SERVICES CORP (12) · VERIZON SERVICES (11)
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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