Before turning to the questionnaire, state police tried a summer-long ticket blitz.

The data also shed new light on one of the enduring controversies of the Bloomberg administration: whether there was a ticket blitz.

Some of them accused the department of imposing a stealth tax on New Yorkers through a concerted ticket blitz in recent years.

"The ticket blitz was and remains a myth," said Paul J. Browne, a deputy police commissioner.

So, would you do me a favor and spare me these reports about a ticket blitz.

According to statistics that the mayor and his aides have repeatedly cited, there is no ticket blitz.

In past years, the administration has been accused of carrying out ticket blitzes aimed at minor infractions to raise revenue for the city budget.

But parking has been a thornier issue for the mayor, who faced criticism last year after many residents complained of a ticket blitz.

The ticket blitz is a result of a policy change that the city put into effect, with little publicity, on Oct. 3.

The ticket blitz will not reach full force until all the new officers are in place, sometime in the fiscal year beginning in July.