Comments on: Op-Ed: Bill de Blasio: The First 100 Days http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/226906/op-ed-bill-de-blasio-the-first-100-days.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:02:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 By: nfgo3 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/226906/op-ed-bill-de-blasio-the-first-100-days.html#comment-508253 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:20:10 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=226906#comment-508253 In the third paragraph, the author refers to restaurant fines as a “cash cow.” I have seen many articles on many print and Internet news sites saying – without any data backing their assertions – that governments levy fines as a revenue raising device. It would be helpful to know just how much in fines – and which fines – any particular government collects in fines, and what portion of its total revenue the fines constitute. I am skeptical that fines are a significant source of revenue for New York City, but that is only my gut feeling, and since I am not a Fox News pundit, I understand that my gut feeling is not actual fact.

Does anyone know what portion of New York City’s revenue comes from fines and penalties?

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