Syracuse, N.Y. — Motorists with unpaid parking tickets in Syracuse could get a chance to clean their slates while avoiding late penalties.

Mayor Ben Walsh is seeking Syracuse Common Council authorization to conduct a parking ticket amnesty program in November.

If approved, an amnesty period would run from Nov. 3 to Nov. 21 for all tickets issued prior to the start of the program. The deal is simple: paying off the base amount of the ticket and the mandatory $5 New York state surcharge wipes away all late fees.

Late fees start with a doubling of the base fine amount, which ranges from $25 to $100 depending the violation, after 20 days from the violation. An additional $20 penalty is added after 30 days and another $20 after 75 days. A person with a $100 ticket that’s 76 days or more past

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