Got an old Syracuse parking ticket? Pay it in November and avoid any late fees and penalties

Syracuse, N.Y. -- If you have any old and unpaid parking tickets from the city, you might want to pay them off in November. That way, you can dodge any late fees and penalties with no questions asked.

The Syracuse City Common Council unanimously approved a program Monday that allows people with outstanding parking tickets to avoid late fees. Throughout the month, offenders will have the opportunity to pay only the original fine plus a $15 New York state surcharge.

About 86,000 vehicle owners in Syracuse have unpaid parking tickets, according to data from the mayor’s office presented at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting Monday morning.

In total, there are roughly 140,000 unpaid tickets from the past 28 years amounting to fines of about $5.3 million. But with late fees, those tic