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New York City can fine excessive vehicle music
AI-generated illustrative cover, created 2026-10-25. Prompt: “Urban documentary photograph, vertical 4:5, New York City street with a parked car and city buildings, a person lowering car stereo volume, no police action, no text or logos, realistic daylight. Illustrative cover about vehicle noise regulations.”
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New York City’s code prohibits unreasonable noise from a personal audio device in a motor vehicle and provides civil penalties. Under the city’s current penalty schedule, a third violation can incur a fine of up to $1,050. This does not mean that any loud listening automatically leads to a vehicle being seized; the original list’s Birmingham claim is omitted here because we did not find adequate current official support for it.