not true.

Was found guilty by judge Haber, at Queens N.
Officer Kelly lied under oath. He said that he didn't remember details from that long ago but read from his notes. He said that we were traveling north on 5th Ave, when I passed him at 35th St. and that I turned east onto 36th St. where he said he ticketed me.

In fact we were traveling south on 5th Ave., I was at the front of the ride and turned east onto 38th St. where he ticketed me. Upon my submitting a copy of the OnNYTurf.com description of the ride, showing that we were traveling south there, officer Kelly commented that we don't obey any laws and don't have any organization. I also submitted a link to a friend's GPS map of the ride. Nevertheless the judge found me guilty "upon clear and convincing evidence." She had seemed reasonable with motor vehicle drivers that came before her.

Judge Haber had made a correction to the statue number, which caused it to be classified as a motor vehicle violation. So at first I was assessed 3 points on my license and the $50 surcharge. The judge would not look at my copy of the law showing the surcharge did not apply to bicyclists. She said to ask the clerk to waive the surcharge. The clerk would not and sent me back to her, and she sent me back to the clerk again. I asked to speak to a supervisor, showed him a copy of the law, and he brought it back to show to some people. They came out and said they were working to fix the problem and finally changed the violation number back to a bicycle one, so that there were no points on my license and no surcharge.