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Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/387168-new-york-collects-1bn-fines/
New York City scooped up $993 million in fines in 2016, driven by a spike in quality of life violations. The fines show a 22 percent increase in revenue since 2013, according to the city comptroller. City officials handed out nearly 700,000 “quality of life” fines in 2016,include violations such as littering and noise pollution, sidewalk violations and public health and safety violations. Parking tickets and traffic violations are the lead revenue generator for fines, 11 million tickets in a given year, 55 percent of all fines, total of $545 million.