A Bronx man passed away while battling the city over two fines he received for litter outside his Bronx home earlier🍒 this yea🥂r — and although he has been dead for months, the city still came after his family for $200.
Edward Curry appealed his summonses with the help of his son, John, but the nonagenarian died June 27🌳 — less than two weeks before the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings decided to uphold the two $100 tickets.
John wrote to the city asking for a dispensation after the dﷺad’s passing, but the OATH Hearings Division Appeals Unit fired back in an Aug. 23 decision that the death “by♒ itself does not result in reversal” of tickets.
Curry’s 85-year-old widow, Catherine, said she keeps their yard in immaculate condition and believes sanitation workers erroneously gave her ticke🍸ts meant for a building across the street.
The family paid both tickets, but is expectღed to receive a $100 refund from the city after the Sanitation Department withdrew one of the already-paid tickets, a rep from OATH said.