LONG ISLAND TRAFFIC COURTS
If you
are issued a ticket for a non-criminal moving traffic violation in the towns of
Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip, or Smithtown in Suffolk County, it will
be handled by a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Traffic Violations
Bureau. This allows courts in these areas to concentrate on criminal cases, including
driving offenses, such as driving while intoxicated and driving while suspended
or revoked. However, parking violations are not handled by the Traffic Violations
Bureau.
If you plead not guilty to a traffic ticket
in one of these Traffic Violations Bureaus, your case will be heard by a Department
of Motor Vehicles Administrative Law Judge, an experienced attorney with special
training in the Vehicle and Traffic Law. An Administrative Law Judge has the authority
to decide whether or not you are guilty and to set a fine if you are found guilty.
An Administrative Law Judge also has the authority to revoke or suspend your driver
license and/or auto registration when required by law or when he or she believes
it is in the interest of traffic safety.
 Just
as in traffic courts in other areas of the state, you may present witnesses and
evidence at a hearing and be represented by an attorney.
Suffolk
Traffic Violations Bureau
State Office Building, 2nd Floor
Veterans
Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, N.Y. 11788
for more information: www.nydmv.state.ny.us Nassau
County Traffic Violations Agency
16 Cooper Street
Hempstead, New York
11550
for more information: http://www.nassaucountyny.govl
Brooklyn
South Traffic Violations
2875 West 8th Street
Brooklyn, New York
11224
Brooklyn North Traffic Violations
Atlantic Center Mall - 2nd Floor
 625 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, New
York 11217 Queens North Traffic Violations
30-56 Whitestone Expressway 2nd Floor
Flushing, New York 11354
Queens
South Traffic Violations
168-35 Rockaway Boulevard 2nd Floor
Jamaica,
New York 11434 If after a ruling or trial
you believe the courts decision was incorrect based on the facts of your case
and the laws of New York State, you may file an appeal. Appeal forms are available
at TVB offices. Read the instructions carefully. If you wish, your attorney may
help you file the appeal. An appeal must be filed within 30 days of the decision.
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