NYC Open Data

NYC Open Data is the city's public data transparency platform that publishes hundreds of datasets including parking violations, camera violations, and OATH/ECB hearing records. The portal — available at opendata.cityofnewyork.us — makes this data freely accessible to anyone via web interface or API, under the mandate of Local Law 11 of 2012 (NYC's open data law).

For fleet compliance, three datasets are critical: the DOF parking/camera violations dataset (nc67-uf89), the OATH/ECB violations dataset (jz4z-kudi), and the BIC violations dataset (upii-frjc). These datasets are updated regularly and contain millions of records going back several years, including violation details, fine amounts, penalty status, hearing outcomes, and current balances.

NYC Open Data is the foundation of automated fleet violation monitoring. Instead of manually checking CityPay for each vehicle, software can query the datasets programmatically using the SODA API (Socrata Open Data API) to find all violations for a plate in seconds. Clear Plates connects to all three NYC Open Data violation datasets to automatically discover, track, and monitor violations across your entire fleet.