Jaywalking is often considered to be the norm in New York City. As bustling crowds often meet seemingly endless traffic lights, locals and tourists take the chance to cross streets when given the chance. While this has been the City's traditions for decades, it hasn't stopped NYPD from ticketing hundreds of people, mostly people of color, for the violation every year.
New data from the City Council shows the local police department issued 786 jaywalking summonses during the first six months of the year— and only 15% of them were given to white people. Black and Hispanic pedestrians, by comparison, received 51% and 26% of those tickets respectively.
