"NYC On Ticket Blitz; 200 Traffic Agents Added
Better Be On Your Best Behavior With Your Car Because Cash-Strapped City Is Out To Raise $66 Million
Manhattan To Get 100 Agents; Staten Island Spared ... For Now
NEW YORK (CBS) November 26, 2008 ― You may have begun to notice more traffic tickets being written. And you may have guessed -- correctly -- that it has to do with getting New York City more money. Well, brace yourselves, the city is putting 200 more ticket-writing traffic agents to work.

The city's latest move to close the budget gap is annoying New Yorkers to no end. Soon, you may not be able to avoid the police no matter what you do. Approximately 100 of the agents will be in Manhattan; the other 100 will be spread out across the other boroughs..."

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And regarding that Hermosa Beach budget...I breezed through it quickly (thanks for the post) and "Fines and Forfeitures" are indeed projected to account for an increasing dollar amount and an increasing percent of next year's revenues. Now, I'm assuming that's the category in which H.B. classifies these revenues. Again, if you know otherwise, please post to correct me.