Despite a report by the Nassau Comptroller's Office stating the county's plan to revive a program to reduce fines for unpaid traffic tickets, the legislature says no such initiative is being considered, leaving drivers in the lurch.

Officials set out to implement Ticket Amnesty and Reconciliation programs this year, budgeting $18.5 million in anticipated revenue from recouped fines, according to a recent mid-year budget review by Nassau's Comptroller . But the programs have not been implemented, leaving a shortfall of the full nearly $19 million just four months before the next budget takes effect.

The comptroller wrote in its report, citing the county's budget office, that "it is expected that the programs will be approved by the Legislature in 2025." But a spokeswoman for the legisl

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