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  • Lawyer Spends $10,000 Fighting $65 Ticket

    06/15/2007 1:23:53 PM PDT · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 37 replies · 1,475+ views
    WNBC-TV, Channel 4 ^ | 6/15/2007 | staff
    NEW YORK -- Sometimes it's not the money - but the principle. Manhattan Lawyer Sanford Young spent $10,000 on principle when he fought a $65 dollar parking ticket and won. Young got the ticket on November 29th, 2005 on First Avenue where no parking is allowed from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. He returned from dinner and found the ticket with the time 6:59 p.m. Young says he made sure he parked after 7 p.m. The city offered to reduce the fine to $43, but Young decided to appeal. An administrative law judge found him guilty. So he appealed to...