Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse’s offer of amnesty on penalties accrued for unpaid parking tickets will begin Monday, but automobile owners looking to pay their base fines online will have to wait until Nov. 10.

The city will open the month-long amnesty program with options to pay in person at City Hall or via mail. A dedicated phone line and email address will also be available to help people find out if they have old unresolved tickets.

The delay in the online option resulted from extra time required by the city’s vendor to get more than 140,000 tickets dating back to 1997 properly set up for penalties to be waived during the amnesty window.

Late payment penalties get added to city parking ticket fines after 20 days, 30 days and 90 days. A base fine of $25 that also includes a $15 New Yor

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