STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island cops are writing far fewer speeding tickets than in years past, but the city’s controversial automated enforcement tools are more than making up the difference.
Over the past decade, the number of NYPD-issued speeding tickets on Staten Island fell 41%, from 7,234 in 2015 to 4,288 in 2025, according to NYPD moving violations data. Citywide speeding tickets dropped 28%, from 134,438 to 96,276.
While at first glance the drop in speeding tickets could be viewed as an indication that drivers are slowing down, the astronomical number of tickets issued by the city’s school zone speed cameras shows that’s clearly not the case…