ECB (Environmental Control Board)

The Environmental Control Board (ECB) was the NYC agency responsible for adjudicating violations related to environmental regulations, including idling, noise, air quality, and other quality-of-life infractions. In 2009, the ECB was merged into the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), which now handles all ECB-type cases under the OATH/ECB tribunal.

Despite the merger, the ECB name persists throughout the city's systems. NYC Open Data still publishes violation records under the "ECB" label, ticket numbers often carry an ECB prefix, and many fleet operators still refer to idling and environmental tickets as "ECB violations." The OATH/ECB portal at nyc.gov is where respondents look up and pay these violations or request hearings.

For fleet operators, ECB-type violations are among the most expensive in the portfolio — idling fines start at $350 and default penalties can reach 5x the original amount. Understanding that ECB and OATH refer to the same adjudication system prevents confusion when tracking violations across different city databases. Clear Plates pulls ECB/OATH violation data automatically and normalizes the naming so your dashboard is consistent regardless of how the city labels the records.