NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 7-08 — Choosing Community Service After a Specified Violation is Sustained on Agency's Appeal.

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(a) If a decision on an appeal sustains a Specified Violation, reversing a Hearing Officer's Decision to dismiss that violation, a Respondent may choose to perform Community Service instead of paying the monetary civil penalty. Within ten (10) days of the date of the appeal decision, the Respondent must inform OATH of

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Effective: 6/13/2017

§ 7-08 Choosing Community Service After a Specified Violation is Sustained on Agency's Appeal.

RCNY § 7-08

(a)If a decision on an appeal sustains a Specified Violation, reversing a Hearing Officer's Decision to dismiss that violation, a Respondent may choose to perform Community Service instead of paying the monetary civil penalty. Within ten (10) days of the date of the appeal decision, the Respondent must inform OATH of his or her decision to perform Community Service by filing a request, on a form provided by OATH, with the Clerk's Office. If the Respondent fails to do so within ten (10) days of the date of the decision on the appeal, the monetary civil penalty will be due and owing immediately.

(b)If the Respondent chooses to perform community service, Respondent will receive an order granting a timely request and imposing a deadline to complete the Community Service. The monetary civil penalty will be due and owing if the Respondent fails to perform the Community Service by the deadline in the order. (Added City Record 6/13/2017, eff. 6/13/2017; renumbered City Record 6/17/2019, eff. 7/17/2019)

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