The City of Syracuse's Parking Amnesty Program has been extended until Friday, January 2, 2026. From November 3, 2025 - January 2, 2026 the City will temporarily waive late fees on unpaid parking tickets, allowing residents to pay the original fine (plus NYS surcharge) to clear their record. Parking amnesty is a measure to ensure residents have an opportunity to avoid being booted for overdue fines.
How Amnesty Works
When a parking ticket is not paid on time – within 21 days of the ticket being issued – it accrues late fees. Late fee amounts depend on the type of parking violation and time elapsed since first notice being issued. During Amnesty Month, all accrued late fees will be waived, allowing drivers to clear outstanding tickets at a fraction of the current amount owed.
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The City’s Amnesty Month waives all the accrued penalty fees.
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Residents with outstanding tickets will only owe the original fine and NYS surcharge fee—even if they are booted. Vehicles that are booted will pay the boot fee, the required NYS surcharge, and the cost of the original ticket. The accrued late fees will be waived.
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All outstanding tickets from 1997 onward are eligible to be cleared through the parking amnesty program.
Amnesty Program
The City previously ran a parking amnesty program in 2020. Roughly 34,200 tickets were cleared through the program which ran for three weeks and collected nearly $1 million through the payment of reduced fees. This November, tickets dating back to 1997 are eligible to be cleared; there are over 140,000 outstanding tickets in the City’s system.