Suffolk County and the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violation Agency agreed to pay up to $45 million to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming they charged an unlawful $30 administrative fee for red-light camera violations in Suffolk County, New York.<\/p>\n
The Suffolk County settlement benefits all persons or entities who paid a $30 administrative fee to Suffolk County or the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violation Agency for red-light camera violations between April 1, 2013, and the present.<\/p>\n
According to plaintiff Robert McGrath Jr., the county imposed the $30 administrative fee on top of the fine for each red-light camera violation, even though New York Vehicle and Traffic Law section 1111-b limits liability to $50 per violation. The court declared the administrative fees illegal and barred the county from imposing them, although the county is pursuing appellate review of certain rulings.<\/p>\n
Suffolk County, which covers the eastern portion of Long Island, has not admitted any wrongdoing but agreed to the class action settlement to avoid the costs and risks of a trial.<\/p>\n
Under the terms of the Suffolk County settlement, class members can receive up to $36 for each red-light camera administrative fee they paid between April 1, 2013, and the present. These payments will be reduced on a pro rata basis if the total amount of valid claims exceeds $45 million.<\/p>\n
The deadline for exclusion and objection is Nov. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
The final approval hearing for the Suffolk County settlement is scheduled for Dec. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n
To receive class action settlement benefits, class members must submit a valid claim form by Dec. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suffolk County and the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violation Agency agreed to pay up to $45 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[119115,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-367445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-featured-settlement","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}