{
  "generated_at": "2026-06-10T22:39:22Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OATH Hearings Division Case Status",
    "dataset_id": "jz4z-kudi",
    "url": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/OATH-Hearings-Division-Case-Status/jz4z-kudi",
    "publisher": "NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings via NYC Open Data"
  },
  "filters": {
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    "citizen_program_channel": "issuing_agency = 'DEP - BUREAU OF ENV. COMPLIANC'",
    "program_era": "violation_date >= 2019-01-01"
  },
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    "dismissed": 10083,
    "pending": 32565,
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    "paid_usd": 129072669,
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  },
  "all_time_dep": {
    "violations": 329349,
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    "dismissed": 10537,
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  "estimated_citizen_payouts_usd": 32268167.25,
  "estimated_citizen_payouts_note": "Derived estimate: 25% statutory complainant share (Admin Code 24-163 citizen-complaint provisions; see DEP Citizens Air Complaint Program) applied to total penalties collected on DEP idling summonses since 2019. Actual payouts differ slightly because a small share of DEP summonses are agency-initiated and payment timing varies. Not an official DEP figure."
}