I was issued a summons for selling NY Yankee tickets (Bronx, New York)
within one block of the stadium.  Although they were sold for under
the face value, the officer said that because I was withing one block
of stadium I was getting a summons.  He said to just mail in the fee
and that I didn't have to appear at the hearing.  Problem is, I can
not fine the price of the fee anywhere.

Hello dudley1616,

At the outset, I should emphasize the disclaimer at the bottom of this
page, which indicates that answers and comments on Google Answers are
general information, and not intended to substitute for informed
professional legal advice.  If you need such advice, you should
contact a lawyer admitted to practice law in New York.

I believe that the law under which you were issued a summons was:

"New York State Consolidated Laws: Arts and Cultural Affairs: Article
25: Tickets to Places of Entertainment"
New York State Assembly
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=7&a=28

The provision that applied to your situation appears to have been
Section 25.11 ("Resales of tickets within one thousand five hundred
feet of a place of entertainment having a permanent seating capacity
in excess of five thousand persons").

Section 25.35(3) provided:

"Notwithstanding any other penalty which may be imposed for any other
violation of this article, any person, firm or corporation which is
convicted of violating section 25.11 of this article shall be guilty
of a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars
on the first conviction; two hundred fifty dollars on the second
conviction; and five hundred dollars on each subsequent conviction."

So it appears that the answer would be $100 for a first conviction,
$250 for a second conviction, or $500 for a subsequent conviction.

These statutes are listed as effective until or repealed June 1, 2005.
 Perhaps these statutes apply to your situation because the incident
occurred prior to June 1, 2005.

I suppose you might ask the office to which you would be sending the
fine, or an attorney licensed to practice law in New York, what your
required payment is; whether you need to appear; and whether the old
statutes apply in your situation.

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google for:

ticket scalping "yankee stadium"
"why can't i get tickets" "attorney general"
new york statutes

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 31 May 2005 23:43 PDT

Correction: I meant to cite Section 25.35(4), rather than Section 25.35(3).

So whats the question ?...and No, the Yankees aren't gonna win the World Series.

Dudley,

This site may help or frighten you, but it is from a law firm, so I
expect the information is correct, though it may be slanted towards
emphasizing the need of a lawyer.

http://www.queensdefense.com/summons_cases.htm

Click on the example of a summons in the first lines.  It is your
situation, complete with a pic of a pink summons.

The disclaimer mentioned about applies twice for me,
but I might suggest for your defense, it would be helpful if you could
demonstrate that the event you were selling the tickets for was not
sold out, that there were ample tickets to be had at the ticket
counters, supporting your claim that you were not scalping.

But the disclaimer!

And don't worry about "phunky" Phinky.  If he were from the Bronx and
knew anything, he'd know that it's:  "So wassa the question ... the
Yankees ain't gonna win ..."

Good luck, Dudley,
Myoarin