City of Albany Parking Violations Bureau
PARKING TICKET REDUCTION
OFFER APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS
● The Parking Violations Bureau may be willing to “reduce” a parking ticket to a lesser violation or a reduced penalty amount if
it is determined that the ticket was issued in error or the ticket recipient has good cause for dismissal or a valid legal defense.
● Please review these instructions carefully. Incomplete applications will be disregarded without notice.
● Reductions are not available if your car has been booted or towed, if you are on the scofflaw list, or if there is a DMV hold on
your registration.
● To receive a parking ticket reduction offer, you must submit 1) this application and 2) copies of the tickets that you would like
to request reductions for OR their citation numbers to parkingticketappeal@albanyny.gov or by mail to the City of Albany
Parking Violations Bureau, City Hall, 24 Eagle St, Albany, NY 12207 within 20 days from the date you received the ticket.
Information about your ticket, including citation numbers and other outstanding tickets available at https://albany.rmcpay.com/.
● The Parking Violations Bureau may request additional information or refer your application to Corporation Counsel for further
review. The Parking Violations Bureau will notify you if you are eligible for a reduction.
● All parking ticket reduction offers are subject to modification or may be withdrawn prior to becoming final, will be made
exclusively in writing, and must be formally approved, signed and filed by the Parking Violations Bureau before becoming final.
● If you choose not to accept a parking ticket reduction offer, the Parking Violations Bureau will schedule you for a pretrial
conference and trial date at the Albany City Court. You must appear for any scheduled conference or trial date, and if you fail to
appear your parking ticket violation may be entered as a default judgment for the full amount of the violation penalty and
applicable late fees and surcharges.
Please complete all the information below. Illegible or incomplete applications will be disregarded.
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Are copies of all the tickets you are
seeking to reduce attached?
Please list the citation numbers of the parking tickets you are
seeking to reduce below.
Where may we mail
the reduction offer?
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Please briefly state why ticket should be reduced. You may attach any additional
information or evidence that you believe is relevant.
