"These pole-mounted contraptions, equipped with microphones, fisheye lenses and license plate readers, are now quietly keeping tabs on New York's rowdiest cars and motorcycles. Trigger the mic with anything over 85 decibels (think lawn mower, but angrier), and the system snaps your plate. The Department of Environmental Protection reviews the evidence and if you're the culprit, expect a summons starting at $800 and climbing to $2,500 for repeat offenders."
"Now, new reporting from shows DEP cameras have issued more than 1,600 summonses across the five boroughs and doled out nearly $2 million in fines. (Well, four boroughs-Staten Island is still camera-free.) The hot spots include Midtown's West 41st Street, which racked up the most violations, followed by East 36th Street in Murray Hill. In Queens, Long Island City's Borden Avenue and Astoria's 20th Avenue also saw plenty of action."
New York deployed pole-mounted noise cameras with microphones, fisheye lenses, and license plate readers to detect vehicles exceeding 85 decibels. Triggered recordings produce license-plate images reviewed by the Department of Environmental Protection, which issues summonses starting at $800 and up to $2,500 for repeat offenders. Cameras have issued more than 1,600 summonses and produced nearly $2 million in fines, concentrated in Midtown, Murray Hill, Long Island City, and Astoria. The pilot expanded from one rented unit in 2021 to nine city-owned devices, and Local Law 7 of 2024 requires at least five cameras per borough by September 2025, though funding is not yet secured.
Read at Time Out New York
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