Town of Southeast collected more than $1 million in fines last year

ALBANY – A total of 42 town and village courts in New York each collected more than $1 million in fines and fees in 2025, according to data from the New York State Comptroller’s Office, and the Town of Southeast in Putnam County ranked 35^th.

Southeast, located at the intersection of Routes 84 and 684, with Routes 6 and 22 bisecting Putnam’s second-largest population, collected $1.1 million in fines.

Number one on the statewide list was the court in the village of Hempstead in Nassau County, at over $6 million. The village of Freeport, also in Nassau County, was No. 2 with more than $4.1 million in total fines and fees last year.

Putnam’s Town of Kent collected $877,000 in 2025, ranking it at number 47 across the state, followed by Patterson’s $349,000; Putnam Valley–$324,000; Village of Cold Spring–$310,000; Village of Brewster–$279,000; Town of Carmel, including Mahopac–$264,000; Philipstown–$165,000 and the Village of Nelsonville–$15,000.