Appeal from Order denying Motion to Vacate

I never received this ticket as can be seen from the ticket itself, which states "Hearing Appearance 11 day of Dec 2000 at 8:30 AM by mail". A police officer who issues a ticket never sets the time and date of the hearing. Also, the address given on the ticket, 24 Sixth Avenue, was not my address. The license number on the summons, 5061483, was not and has never been my license number. I understand that nobody has this number. I have been informed by Roger Morgan, Supervisor of the Applications Division on the Second floor of TLC at Long Island City, that this number was computer generated by the Port Authority of New York at JFK Airport after they were unable to find any license number for me, perhaps because of their mistake in my name.

My TLC number is 5081212 based on the application which I filed on April 27, 2001 for a TLC license. I paid $500 in fees and completed the 80 hour course and passed the drug tests, physical examination and written test with a very high score and was waiting for my license to arrive in the mail when I learned from Miss Cipulyam of the TLC that they had "found" this old ticket. Had I known about this ticket before paying the $500 and taking the 80 hour course, I could have done something about it or else abandoned my plans to become a taxi driver.

The decision states: "According to TLC records, he filed an application & was assigned TLC license # 5061483."

This is completely false. I never filed any such application. No such number was assigned to me. Not one word of this is true. I demand that you produce a copy of this application that it states that I filed. Nothing of the kind took place.

The decision states that the notice was sent by certified mail. However, the notice itself says that it was sent by regular mail. I demand that you produce the certified mail receipt, because there is none. No such thing exists.

The decision denying my motion to vacate must be reversed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Sam Sloan


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