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the real white whale -- $81,000 in parking tickets
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MAN OWES CITY $81G FOR 415 PARKING TICKETS
By KYLE MURPHY and CHUCK BENNETT
The city's No. 1 parking-ticket scofflaw is a 30-year-old insurance broker from Long Island, records show.
Alexander Khamish earned the dubious distinction of wracking up an $81,039 debt, according to the city's Department of Finance.
But despite amassing 415 tickets since 2004, the Merrick man claims they've got the wrong guy.
"Basically, someone registered [the offending] vehicles under my name," Khamish said.
"I knew about this a couple years ago, but I didn't know it [involved an] $80,000 [debt].
"Someone did register vehicles under my name before I found out, but I was going back and forth with the DMV, and from the last I heard, I thought everything was OK."
Khamish said he had no idea of the debt until contacted by The Post.
Ken Brown, a spokesman for the state Department of Motor Vehicles, said it received no paperwork regarding Khamish's claim.
But Khamish denied ever owning or leasing five cars registered to him at his old Brooklyn address. While it's unclear which of the cars may have racked up the violations, Khamish's driver's license is currently suspended because whoever registered three of those cars in his name at his old address sent bad checks to the DMV, records show.
The Finance Department said it has been sending its letters to Khamish's old Brooklyn address.
"If it winds up his identity was stolen, he won't be responsible for the tickets," said Finance Department spokesman Owen Stone.
Meanwhile, the other individuals on the city's top-10 scofflaw list haven't changed over the past year.
The No. 2 scofflaw, Christopher Wood of Floral Park, Queens, came in at $66,233 owed on 404 tickets since 2002.
Others include Sammy Gawad, 54, a former cop from The Bronx who was fired from the NYPD after numerous allegations of abuse. He has a $37,121 debt for 231 tickets dating back to 2000.
Other perennials include Chaim Kauftial, an Israeli with 229 outstanding tickets totaling $42,228 over the past eight years, and Israel Colon of Newark, NJ, with $49,167 in penalties and fines for 278 tickets since 2003. |
link: http://www.nypost.com/seven/1215200...king_144302.htm |
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U.N. diplomats' NYC parking fines near $18 million, despite crackdown
Posted 1/18/2007 1:45 AM ET
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The new U.N. secretary-general expressed support for New York City's goal of recouping nearly $18 million in traffic fines owed by U.N. diplomats and members of the consular community.
Most of that debt came prior to a city crackdown four years ago on envoys who routinely were cited for illegal parking on city streets but rarely paid because of diplomatic immunity.
When asked what he would say to diplomats to get rid of the backlog, Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday: "It is important for diplomatic officials who enjoy diplomatic immunities and privileges to abide by and comply with all necessary regulations in force in the countries where one is working."
According to the New York City Department of Finance, 99% of the outstanding debt by the diplomatic and consular community was incurred before a 2002 agreement between the mayor's office and the U.S. State Department to help the city collect on the unpaid tickets.
The number of tickets issued to diplomats at the United Nations and consulates in New York has been dropping since the deal and as of late December had decreased by 94.4%, according to the city finance department. Only about $250,000 of unpaid fines have accumulated since the agreement, but the department said some of these violations are new or haven't gone through the courts yet.
U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq suggested a way for delegates to avoid the problem altogether — walking.
He noted that Ban has been walking to work from a midtown hotel while his residence is being renovated. "So maybe some people can follow his example."
Topping the Department of Finance list of countries owing the most was Egypt, racking up about $1.9 million in fines, followed by Kuwait, with nearly $1.3 million. The Egyptian Mission to the United Nations said no one was available for comment.
Ban's home country of South Korea, one of 177 countries that have yet to pay city fines, owes $17,000.
Delinquent countries have not gone unpunished.
As part of the 2002 agreement, the U.S. government has been withholding, in the form of aid, the amount owed by each country, plus 10% on fines dating back to 1997.
Part of the agreement also stipulates that the State Department can remove license plates from a vehicle if three or more tickets issued after 2002 have not been paid within 100 days.
In the four years since the deal, the city finance department said it has collected $3 million of debt owed by countries before 2002.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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