Number	24523
Subject	City Government
Source	Times Union (Albany, N.Y.)
State	NY
Year	2009
Publication Date	01/17/2009; 01/20/2009; 02/03/2009; 03/03/2009; 03/31/2009; 04/03/2009; 05/10/2009; 06/05/2009; 08/02/2009; 09/18/2009; 12/10/2009; 12/27/2009
Summary	For decades now city officials, city police, and their spouses and friends are not paying their parking tickets and getting away with it. In this investigation of this secret parking ticket favors, it reveals that “millions of dollars” are lost from these parking tickets and the city must find a way to fix the problem. Further, the city’s government is being ridiculed for their lack of control and supervision over such practices.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	31
Keywords	Albany, NY; audit; finances; corruption; leaders; local government; department; Common Council
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