US EditionNYC, Where You Can Earn Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars by Reporting Idling Vehicles on City Streets
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NYC ‘bounty hunters’ who make hundreds of thousands of dollars reporting idling trucks are lawyers, doctors and residents of leafy city streets
The street snitches who have raked in up to nearly $1 million apiece reporting idling trucks to the city are lawyers, doctors and residents of posh enclaves — enjoying the lucrative perks of a program that targeted even mobile COVID testing trucks during the pandemic. Among the people profiting the most off the Big Apple’s Citizen Idling Complaint Program is Patrick Schnell, who records show has made $582,800 since 2019 by filming trucks idling …
Exclusive | NYC ‘bounty hunters’ score nearly million-dollar payouts reporting traffic ‘idling’
Some street snitches are raking in close to $1 million apiece from the city just by recording videos of idling trucks and buses spewing air pollution, prompting local pols to try to curb the staggering payouts.
Some whistleblowers are receiving about $1 million each from the city for filming videos of trucks and on buses that emit air pollution, which has led local politicians to try to stop the amazing payments. “The days of the six-figure bounty hunters are over,” said James Gennaro, Queens municipal councillor who chairs the Environmental Committee. “We’re not going to do that anymore,” he said. “The program has become an occupation. The program was…
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