The New York authorities collected a record high $993 million from citizens in fines last year, New York Daily News reported.

Compared to the previous year, the total amount of fines has increased by 7%. According to the statistics, officials handed out nearly 700,000 quality of life fines in the 2016 fiscal year — for littering, dirty sidewalks, noise, illegal vending and a host of other rule breaking.

For three years, the number of violations has spiked by 51%. They brought in $184 million in such fines, up from $150 million the year before.

Parking tickets accounted for 55% of all fines, bringing in $545 million for city coffers.