Syracuse, N.Y. — The city of Syracuse is proposing legislation to allow the city to boot cars if the owners have unpaid traffic school zone tickets.
The city has collected only $3.8 million out of $10.86 million in school zone tickets issued since the program began in September, Craig Witmer, the Innovation project leader for the city, said Thursday during a joint meeting of the Common Council’s Public Safety and Finance, Taxation & Assessment committees.
Of the total collected, $2.4 million has gone to the city and $1.4 million has gone to Jenoptik, the company that installed and operates the cameras…