Got a parking ticket in nyc, should i pay it?

[jaymoney]

Originally Posted by KamillaS

I studies in MA for 9 months and had a car on my name, which I drove with my Azerbaijani driving license. My friend drove my car to NY one day and then I received a letter that I parked in wrong place and have to pay 115$. I thought they sent it to me wrongly and asked for details - where, when, how? And then I realized that there was a penalty on the car, that my friend simply through away. I wrote them the letter that that was not me, even if the car was on my name. Afterwards, my studies were over and I left the States and shipped my car to my home country without getting any reply to my letter. My question is how I can track the status of this penalty? Did they remove it? Or it is increasing from day to day and might cause problems when I will try to visit States one day?

How long ago was this?

[DPolo]

Originally Posted by dhanu86

So I've got a ton of parking tickets before all in new jersey, usually I just pay them. I got one in Manhattan [parking garage to metmuseum was blocked off] so I parked near a bus stop half my car was over the paint and i got a 125 dollar ticket. I'm not gonna fight it, but what will happend if I don't pay it?? I heard of a couple people who throw their ticket away if it was out of state. I'm mostly worried about hurting my credit or getting arrested if this happends again in nyc.

Growing up in NJ I had friends who would toss their parking tickets from NYC. 5-6 years later their legally parked cars in NY got towed. They had to pay towing fee plus the tickets.