NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- Parking fines would be scaled by a person's income under a bill put forth by Brooklyn Councilman Justin Brannan.
The legislation introduced by Brannan on Thursday would create a pilot program to make fines for parking, speeding and illegal dumping based on the offender's income.
Brannan said the current system only hurts the little guy.
"The billionaire, he's not feeling the pinch at all," he said. "But some of these folks—$100 for a parking ticket, $115—for some people that’s a lot of money."
Brannan said similar systems across the pond have helped cities collect the money they're owed.
"What they do in Europe right now is basically they have the tech, where the same way they have a digital machine that puts in your information, they can look up your tax receipts and know what your income is," Brannan said.
New York City has about $2 billion in unpaid fines.
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