I wonder how many people got these bogus tickets in the area

armchair_warrior

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_296103621.html

Sanitation Agent Litters Then Fines Merchant
Agent Caught On Video Breaking Bulbs, Writing Storeowner Ticket

(CBS/AP) BROOKLYN A New York City Sanitation agent has been caught on camera breaking a light bulb on the street and then writing a ticket to the storeowner where the broken bulb was "found."

The Daily News reports with still pictures of the video showing the agent dropping a long fluorescent bulb in the street, and then writing a $300 ticket to the HK Tea and Sushi Restaurant for improperly disposing of the lights.

The ticket was issued Thursday at 8:30 a.m. However, less than one hour earlier, the video camera caught the agent breaking the bulbs. Shortly after the ticket was issued, a sanitation truck cleaned the broken bulb from the curb.

Brooklyn State Assemblyman William Colton is furious that the Sanitation Department would target hard working storeowners with bogus tickets. Colton is holding a news conference outside the restaurant today.

A spokesman for the Sanitation Department, Vito Turso, says his department is investigating and will look at the videotape.

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