Overview
- New York City issued 533 summonses in 2025 for cone-related street obstructions, the highest annual total on record.
- Residents filed 7,208 cone complaints to 311 last year, continuing a multiyear surge in reports.
- Tickets climbed from roughly 60 in 2022 to 287 in 2023 and 470 in 2024 before hitting last year’s record.
- Queens accounted for about 380 of the 2025 summonses and roughly 1,000 of 1,376 tickets citywide since 2020.
- Officials classify cones and similar objects as illegal obstructions punishable by administrative summonses, with repeat fines up to $200, yet only just over 5% of more than 25,000 complaints since 2020 resulted in violations as parking scarcity fuels disputes.