NYC Council eyes amnesty for late payments on unpaid traffic tickets

Manhattan Councilwoman Julie Menin’s new bill would create a three-month amnesty program that would waive late penalties for people with default judgments for traffic and parking violations and summonses dished out through the city’s Environmental Control Board.Getty Images

New Yorkers who’ve racked up late penalties on unpaid traffic tickets could soon catch a big break.

NYC Councilwoman Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) said she’s introducing a bill Thursday to create a three-month amnesty program in which the city Department of Finance would waive late penalties, including interest, for anyone who pays the base penalty on unpaid parking and moving-violation tickets…