Fahy has been a key player in many city of Albany initiatives, including the move shore up the city budget with red light
camera ticket revenue.
Not exact matches
Those clients include Forest City Ratner, the Brooklyn company leading the $ 260 million Nassau Coliseum renovations; KPMG, the financial advisers that want to help the county lease its sprawling sewer system to private investors for as much as $ 800 million; and American Traffic Solutions, the operators of the county's red - light
camera program, which typically gets more than $ 5 million annually in
ticket revenue.
According to a new report, Nassau County issued almost 100,000 fewer
tickets through the
camera program in 2014 than they had in the previous year, resulting in an eight percent drop in
revenue.
The
cameras generated more than 400,000
tickets and $ 24 million in
revenue from September to November, 2014 but drew complaints from residents and were removed after three months.
The
cameras, which were placed near schools, generated more than 400,000
tickets — and $ 24 million in new
revenue for the fiscally ailing county — from September to November.
Not only has this ruling not deterred California municipalities from operating the «photographic enforcement» systems, but, as reported by the Los Angeles Times» LA Now blog (and FindLaw's Law & Daily Life), the city is keenly aware that more
revenue can be generated from use of the
cameras if they can just tweak the law to allow
tickets to be issued for all of the other driver naughtiness captured on film.
Some believe that red light
cameras are being used solely to increase
revenue to the city — by issuing additional traffic
tickets, fines payable to the city increase and the city experiences a substantial influx of cash.
The
camera can record dozens of violations in an hour, which means more
ticket revenue coming in.