tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post5056396128807077276..comments2023-10-30T06:13:34.382-04:00Comments on Supervisor Feiner: TOWN COLLECTS MORE PARKING TICKETS THAN MOST OTHER COMMUNITIES--NEW LAW TO AUTHORIZE CAR IMPOUND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED 3+ PARKING TICKETSPaul Feinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17087805120754057844noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-28766874367225826842009-04-20T09:43:00.000-04:002009-04-20T09:43:00.000-04:00Maybe the building department has the last word to...Maybe the building department has the last word to say concerning commercial vehicles parked in residential areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-22404930300990585352009-04-20T09:41:00.000-04:002009-04-20T09:41:00.000-04:00This happens to be a residential area where no com...This happens to be a residential area where no commercial vehicles are permitted to park.<br /><br />Check the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-67526077081018356482009-04-19T19:46:00.000-04:002009-04-19T19:46:00.000-04:00get a life who cares is someone has a trailer in t...get a life who cares is someone has a trailer in their PRIVATE driveway!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-24902535812585784342009-04-19T12:18:00.000-04:002009-04-19T12:18:00.000-04:00Once a violation notice is issued the land owner h...Once a violation notice is issued the land owner has a certain number of days to remove. A summons is then issued. The Town Judge decides on the penalty. The town cannot remove without a court order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-57556756479645423312009-04-19T11:45:00.000-04:002009-04-19T11:45:00.000-04:00Paul the trailer has been parked in their driveway...Paul the trailer has been parked in their driveway overnite.<br /><br />Is there some law against this?????<br />If there is that means the PD bypassed this road again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-85439204499231119492009-04-19T09:46:00.000-04:002009-04-19T09:46:00.000-04:00epistle to dippy indeed
btw - did you know jimmy p...epistle to dippy indeed<br />btw - did you know jimmy page played guitar on that track?<br /><br />bonus question - and no checking wikipedia (the true library of the present and future) <br /><br />what was the B side of the single?<br /><br />winner receives a mention in the next post on the samis bloggreenburgh jeopardynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-42163380801043246362009-04-18T20:43:00.000-04:002009-04-18T20:43:00.000-04:00What it says is that the Police will be doing even...What it says is that the Police will be doing even less patrolling when they become involved with impounding cars.<br /><br />And the $2.7 million+ will still be uncollected.hal samisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-78072584155685747472009-04-18T14:48:00.000-04:002009-04-18T14:48:00.000-04:00You have got to be kidding,The last time someone c...You have got to be kidding,The last time someone complained on the blog the person stated that the trailer was parked for a week day and night and last year it was parked for months at a time.<br />Does that say enough for the police department partoling this area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-34409575572175066722009-04-18T09:08:00.000-04:002009-04-18T09:08:00.000-04:00Paul,
That trailer is parked ahain on Sprain Vall...Paul,<br /><br />That trailer is parked ahain on Sprain Valley Road. This is a fatal accident waiting to happen. Can't you please tell the Police to patrol the streets on a nightly basis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-478711773714868152009-04-17T16:34:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:34:00.000-04:00Dear Mr. Rosenberg,
Thanks for the explanation.
...Dear Mr. Rosenberg,<br /><br />Thanks for the explanation.<br /><br />Now would you care to comment on the viability of the proposed legislation.<br /><br />I wonder whether the vehicle can be indicted as the criminal and thereby incarcerated. I wonder whether vehicles with out of state registration can be impounded for such crimes. <br /><br />I wonder whether if due process is being served and, if so, why bother with picking up, delivering and storing a car when the proposed legislation implies that without further notice the Town would do better by just attaching the scofflaw's banking accounts and not have to deal with all the operational matters regarding taking possession of the vehicle.<br /><br />Similarly, if Greenburgh were the Lender, would it write laws that those three months behind in mortgage payments would be locked out their homes and the formal foreclosure process would be circumvented.<br /><br />I wonder if Greenburgh is attempting what the State won't and for good reason.<br /><br />I wonder with fewer police officers to patrol Greenburgh, where those bodies to enforce these new laws are in the Police Department roster.<br /><br />Finally, I wonder whether any of this would hold up in Courts if passed by the Town Board. Why do I wonder aka "What, me worry"? Because I see Town Attorney Tim Lewis opining that all this is kosher. <br /><br />And I'm thinking that Greenburgh had better take another look at its insurance coverage and have a safe place to store these impounded<br />vehicles.<br /><br />But mostly I'm wondering how these new laws will affect the over $2.7 million of fines that are already on the books before these new laws get passed. I'm thinking, nada.<br />Translation:<br />Locking the barn door after...<br /><br />Let's run another "epistle to dippy" up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes.hal samisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-47468907446926711122009-04-17T15:03:00.000-04:002009-04-17T15:03:00.000-04:00Dear Hal Samis and Anonymous 11:51.
The 10:14 poa...Dear Hal Samis and Anonymous 11:51.<br /><br />The 10:14 poater is correct. It is the court that has the responsibility to collect the fines.<br /><br />The way it works is this. When tickets are issued by the the police the enforcement functions moves to the court. It is the court which is required to enforce thereafter and there are several ways to do it. That is why the revenues from the parking violations show up in the court budget, not the police budget.<br /><br />In Greenburgh, because the court office is so unprofessional, the enforcement follow-up has been farmed by the court out to Complus, an agency which, presumably, can work computers better than the court staff. But Complus is under the juridiction of the court, not the police. When people don't pay their fines it is the court that is supposed to issue warrants, notify the DMV, and take the other measures. That is the way it is done in towns which have courts that function properly. Just because the court has delegated those functions to Complus doesn't mean that the court is relieved of the responsinility. In the Greenburgh court, where the court office does nothing right, and the justices don't seem to know that prosecuting parking tickets is part of their job, the enforcement falls into the balck hole, together with the missing moneys, insufficient records, backlogs, etc. that the recent audits have disclosed.<br /><br />I have been critical of the mismanagement -- and worse -- at the court. This is just the latest illustration of what I have been talking about.<br /><br />It doesn't matter that some other courts have a lower percentage of collections. What matters is that with a properly supervised court or agency, Greenburgh should have the highest rate of collections. What matters is that we are talking about almost $3,000,000 that is virtually lost, because after all this time it is almost impossible to collect.Herb Rosenbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-28253898843602703682009-04-17T11:51:00.000-04:002009-04-17T11:51:00.000-04:00The difunctional court system does collect the fin...The difunctional court system does collect the fines,but the tickets must be sent to them by the one department that writes them up.<br /><br />Why is it that other departments have their ticket accounting up to date and the police cannot .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-61707003157649063812009-04-17T11:26:00.000-04:002009-04-17T11:26:00.000-04:00Dear 10:14 If peo...Dear 10:14 If people can't read per your lament, it is only because it hasn't been written. In the original post by the Supervisor and, in turn a statement by the Chief of Police, where is it mentioned that the problem lies with the Courts?<br /><br />Either you know what the Supervisor and the Police Chief don't (if so, then convince them) or you don't know.<br /><br />Perhaps citing Town Law would be the final arbiter.<br /><br />I am not a hard sell that the Supervisor and the Police Chief don't know what they are talking about. But don't just tell me; show me.hal samisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-36452660847355667692009-04-17T10:14:00.000-04:002009-04-17T10:14:00.000-04:00Can't people read? it is the court, not the polic...Can't people read? it is the court, not the police, which is responsible for collecting the fines for tickets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-81495000556719280472009-04-16T08:31:00.000-04:002009-04-16T08:31:00.000-04:00Complus does nothing but supply software and hardw...Complus does nothing but supply software and hardware for reporting. <br /><br />Thinking Complus has any responsibility in collecting fines is absurd. It's akin to saying Microsoft Money is responsible for paying your bills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-57252936006817228452009-04-16T07:31:00.000-04:002009-04-16T07:31:00.000-04:00"The town's collection rate is higher than most co..."The town's collection rate is higher than most communities in the nation."<br /><br />So what?! Mr. Feiner: Do you not see that your posting makes you appear incompetent? For a person who's always so concerned about his own PR, I'm surprised you even posted this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-62674560762584803152009-04-16T00:05:00.000-04:002009-04-16T00:05:00.000-04:00To those who say the problem is at the Court, not ...To those who say the problem is at the Court, not the Police Department...If so, then a re-reading of the original post by the Supervisor is completely off base and the response from the Chief of Police is similarly inaccurate. Nowhere in the post is the Court as the cause mentioned. In fact, it appears that the vendor Complus seems to be reporting to Chief Kapica who probably vetted them as vendors.<br /><br />But whose numbers do you believe?The Chief wants you to agree that Complus is doing a great job "the overall collection rate is 91.5% of the total tickets issued". You have to recognize which lullabye he is singing you to sleep with. The collection problem is not with the total tickets issued but with the collection rate measuring the group, scofflaws. Since most people pay their tickets without Complus intervention, the growing problem is from the 8.5% that don't. The uncollected funds, over $2.7 million, come not from the 91.5% that have already paid but from the 8.5% that didn't.And believe that the Chief chose his words carefully.<br /><br />The fact remains that once hiring Complus, the Chief took a long nap and forget all about the rising amount of receivables. Including the receivables from the Housing Authority. What the Chief does best is spend money, not look for ways to save it or collect it.<br />Not my job!<br /><br />And again, who screwed the lid on the honey jar (for those who catch flies) tight? In this case, the honey being Police overtime...why the former Comptroller, Mr. Kolesar. <br /><br />But hey, the Chief like Mr. Regula before him, everyone leaves Town service on a high note.<br />All except those that blow the whistle.hal samisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-36409237861892459552009-04-15T17:58:00.000-04:002009-04-15T17:58:00.000-04:00Why is everybody pointing fingers at the police. ...Why is everybody pointing fingers at the police. The police only issue tickets. It is the court that is supposed to enforce the tickets and collect the fines.<br /><br />We have had a few audits that showed that the court clerk is inept and has exercised no control over the administrative parts of the court. She is the one who is supposed to schedule these things, send out notices, and these kind of things. She seems not to have done her job.<br /><br />If people don't pay their fines the court is supposed to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles and the scofflaw's registration won't be renewed. If that were to happen, the scofflaw would be johnny-on-the-spot with his payments.<br /><br />It is time to point fingers at the right person. It isn't the police. It is at the court clerk and maybe to the judges who don't supervise her.<br /><br />We are talking about millions of dollars that the town can have at a time when it needs the money. Yell at the court, not at the police.It's the court, stupidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-62204577379856085912009-04-15T17:40:00.000-04:002009-04-15T17:40:00.000-04:00This is the way Feiner and company deal with meeti...This is the way Feiner and company deal with meetings.<br />OPEN GOVERNMENT my foot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-68035039527546393132009-04-15T16:52:00.000-04:002009-04-15T16:52:00.000-04:00What Anon at 3:51 says reminds me of those staged ...What Anon at 3:51 says reminds me of those staged meetings of supporters that W used to hold when he was president. Feiner and the town board members should be ashamed of themselves. If residents of Fulton Park took the time to come out last night to a public meeting to be "heard" as the town's official notice says, how dare Feiner and his cohorts on the town board go along with an order that they be seen and not heard. That's downright disgusting.Feiner behavior disgustingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-62206536319038384992009-04-15T15:51:00.000-04:002009-04-15T15:51:00.000-04:00Continuing with his campaign against open governme...Continuing with his campaign against open government in the Town of Greenburgh, Feiner and the Town Board last night refused to allow certain residents to speak at a so-called "outreach" meeting held on public property in the Village of Irvington. <br /><br />The Town Board, which is meeting at Town Hall only once this month -- on April 22 -- met last night at the Irvington Recreation Center and, according to the public notice of its meeting, "all persons interested are invited to attend and be heard." <br /><br />Despite the official notice, which is required by state law (and which still appears on the Town's website), residents of Fulton Park who attended last night's meeting were told in advance, when they arrived, that they would not in fact be allowed to speak. <br /><br />The orders not to speak were issued by East Irvington Civic Association President Danny Gold. The "outreach" meeting was also a meeting of the civic association. Significantly, no more than 9 people from the civic association showed up. <br /><br />None of the town board members, all of whom were in attendance, objected when Gold told the Fulton Park residents they could listen, but not speak. Gold said only members of the East Irvington Civic Association were allowed to speak. The only exception was the president of a neighboring civic association who Gold said, "lived close enough." <br /><br />At the meeting, Planning Board chair Fran McLaughlin spoke out against a zoning change needed for a proposed Stop & Shop development on Route 119, claiming it was "spot zoning" and should await the results of the Town's comprehensive plan. McLaughlin took the opposite position when it came to the rezoning opposed by Fulton Park residents at 22 Tarrytown Road. <br /><br />The East Irvington Civic Association also voted to support proposed amendments to the Finneran Law. Since Fulton Park residents were not allowed to speak, no one present was allowed to hear a dissenting point of view. In fact, no one in the room was told that the villages, the CGCA and the ECC were all opposed to the amendments, or that Feiner had announced at a meeting of the Democratic Party last month that without village support, the amendments would not be introduced. <br /><br />The East Irvington Civic Association supported the amendments -- at least all nine of them present -- because they wanted to make it easier for the Town Board to acquire another 60 acres of land to add to Taxter Ridge, and have it paid for without objection by the rest of unincorporated Greenburgh.Feiner's "Outreach" Won't Allow Speakersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-48565713829332634532009-04-15T15:14:00.000-04:002009-04-15T15:14:00.000-04:00The town's collection rate is higher than most com...The town's collection rate is higher than most communities in the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-71465530658150339332009-04-15T15:05:00.000-04:002009-04-15T15:05:00.000-04:00I also feel that the police should stake out more ...I also feel that the police should stake out more on top of site C on top by Esat Hartsdale Avenue (EHA) for people who are extremely unsafe by going over the double yellow line by 50 and 60 EHA to get to the light to make a left turn on Cetral Avenue. This would be a better use of the PD instead of being in the unmarked car looking for speeders by the furniture stores and the chinese Restaurant. This stake out should be done at rush hour on a daily basis between 5 -7 PM.feiner is doing a little better on updating blogsitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-70243220886327347532009-04-15T14:14:00.000-04:002009-04-15T14:14:00.000-04:00Dear 10:41,
It is really easy to understand why t...Dear 10:41,<br /><br />It is really easy to understand why the Town Supervisor accepts and publicizes the findings of Chief Kapica.<br /><br />Knowing that the Chief is retiring and observing the niceties of the mutual admiration society for those departing, Feiner is merely passing the buck assuming that no one will notice.<br /><br />Clearly, the Chief has not exercised good judgement or diligence in looking over the shoulder of the outside vendor hired for the purpose of collecting overdue fines. Asssuming they are paid either a fee or a percentage of revenue recaptured or a combination of both, it is easy enough for them to shut off the lights when 5:00 rolls around, go home and call it a good day. In other words, go after the easy ones and ignore all the rest.<br /><br />What seems to be missing in these apple and orange comparisons is how many tickets are paid on time and without protest. Thus saying that the Town collected in 2007 93%of all fines? tickets? only reaffirms that most people pay on time.<br /><br />The problem facing the Town is not those that pay when due but collecting from those who do not.<br />It is this group, the scofflaws, that are the problem. So what the Town, the Chief and Complus are frantically trying to explain away is that they have failed miserably in collecting from those that don't want to pay. Who cares about what other municipalities do.<br />Isn't Greenburgh the 80th best place to live -- do we care about what #81 or #881 does?<br /><br />And, how embarrassing is it for the Chief not to know how to find the whereabouts of the most grievous offender -- or even if this person is still alive. I assume that this "person" is protected by a network of accomplices that is rival to those hiding Osama Bin Laden.<br /><br />All in all, what this post states minus the sugar coating and scratching under the bulbous mumbo jumbo of the cited percentages ("it's ok, she's only half pregnant") is that the Town and its minions have done a terrible job --even if it started back in the early 1990's. The Town, the Chief and Complus (from whenever they signed on) did a bad job then and they are still doing a bad job. And they don't do this bad job for nothing either. How much has Complus pocketed for their labors? Asked another way, for each $100 of outstanding fine, how much goes to Complus?<br /><br />Since Mr. Dwinnell has such an outstanding record of tax collections, maybe the Town should seek out his skills.<br /><br />Whether the proposed new law will have any effect AND if it is written by the usual suspects, I expect this will have to undergo quite a few rewrites, remains to be seen. One more thing to judge AFTER the fall elections.<br /><br />Finally, none of this is new news.<br />A few years ago, the balance stood at $2 million. Nothing was done and it continued to rise unchecked. To say that it doesn't count because of additional late fees or interest is another shield to hide the fact that the Town, the Chief and the hired guns dropped the ball.<br /><br />Why has it re-emerged recently? Because Kolesar revived interest and blew the lid off. Just one more reason to hasten his departure.Hal Samisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33594888.post-54508943992906317812009-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:002009-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:00Precisely how much do you pay this outside company...Precisely how much do you pay this outside company? Wouldn't it be cheaper to hire a high school student to work after school as a clerk to do the same tasks? The steps involved are pretty simplistic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com