Snow-ticket fallout tests trust between Great Neck residents, village

Nearly 300 snow-removal summonses issued after this winter’s historic blizzards have sparked an escalating dispute in the Village of Great Neck, where residents say aggressive court tactics pressured them into guilty pleas while village officials insist the enforcement campaign was about public safety, not revenue.

The controversy centers not only on the tickets themselves, but on what happened after residents arrived in Village Justice Court to contest them.