Sysco Metro v. The City of New York

If you are the registered owner or lessor of a Tractor that was issued a parking summons from the City of New York between January 1, 2014, and May 2, 2022, and the summons contained a description of the vehicle body type on the summons as something other than a Tractor, and the Tractor is not enrolled in a Reduced Fine Program, you may be entitled to a payment from a class action settlement. The Notice may affect your legal rights. Please read this website carefully. 

This website informs you of a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit concerning Body Type Summonses issued by the City of New York to Tractors. 

The lawsuit is Sysco Metro v. The City of New York, Index No. 101637/2015 (the “Action”), in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York (the “Court). In the Action, Petitioner alleges that Respondents violated the Vehicle and Traffic Law by enforcing parking summonses in which the body type description of a Tractor was listed incorrectly as something other than a Tractor. Respondents deny these allegations and any wrongdoing or unlawful conduct.

• The purpose of this website is to inform you of this “Action”, the proposed settlement of the Action (the “Settlement”), and a hearing to be held by the Court to consider: (i) whether the Settlement should be approved; (ii) whether the proposed plan for allocating the proceeds of the Settlement (the “Plan of Allocation”) should be approved; and (iii) the application by the attorneys for the Petitioner Class (Class Counsel) for attorneys’ fees and expenses. This website describes important rights you may have and what steps you must take if you want to participate in the Settlement, want to object, or want to be excluded from the Settlement Class. 

• If approved by the Court, the proposed Settlement will create a $2,450,000 (two million four hundred fifty thousand dollars) Settlement Fund for the benefit of eligible Settlement Class Members, less attorneys’ fees and expenses (amount to be determined by the Court), Notice and Administrative Costs, and taxes (the “Net Settlement Fund”).

• The settlement resolves claims by Sysco Metro, NY, LLC (“Sysco” or “Petitioner”), on behalf of itself and all members of the Settlement Class against the City of New York and the New York City Department of Finance Commercial Adjudications Unit a/k/a Adjudication Division (collectively, “Respondents” or the “City of New York”) (together with Respondents, the “Parties”). It releases the Respondent Releasing Parties from liability.

• This website explains rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them.  

The Judge in charge of this case still must decide whether to approve the Settlement. Payments will be made to all Settlement Class Members who timely submit valid Claim Forms if the Court approves the Settlement and the Settlement becomes effective. This website summarizes the proposed Settlement. For the precise terms and conditions of the Settlement, please see the Settlement Agreement, available on this website, or contact the Settlement Administrator at P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.