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Vanity plate leads to over $100,000 in parking tickets for 70
Syracuse.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Carole Blank Brown, a 70-year-old New York City resident, faced over 400 parking tickets and penalties totaling more than $40,000 due to a mix-up involving her vanity license plate reading "BLANK."
- The tickets were mistakenly issued because "BLANK" was used as a placeholder for vehicles with missing plates, causing violations unrelated to Brown's red BMW convertible.
- Brown had to contest the tickets through multiple court hearings, paying fees and even changing her plate to "KNALB," but continued to receive erroneous fines totaling over $100,000.
- After extensive legal efforts and escalation, the city’s Finance Department resolved the issue, and the New York State DMV pledged never to reissue the "BLANK" plate combination to prevent future errors.
