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New summons policy for traffic violations

Delivery workers and their advocates are sounding the alarm about a policy change by the NYPD that has led to hundreds of immigrant delivery workers receiving criminal court summonses for routine traffic violations.  

The workers have been getting hit with the summonses for running red lights, riding on the sidewalk, rolling through stop signs and other common traffic violations that were traditionally punished with a so-called B-summons that could be paid online or contested during a virtual hearing. But starting April 28, NYPD officers began issuing more serious C-summonses for the violations, which mandates the recipients, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, to appear in court.