City drivers were slapped with a record number of tickets last year for illegally using traffic cones to score coveted parking spots — but even their critics say the scofflaws deserve some sympathy.
The Sanitation Department dished out 533 traffic-cone-obstruction violations in 2025 after an equally record-setting 7,208 complaints were made about them to 311, according to a Post analysis of city data.
Last year’s more than 530 cone-related summonses — issued mainly in Queens — represented a nearly 6% increase from 2024, when 470 were doled out, an almost 100% jump from the 287 in 2023 and about a 900% hike from the 60 in 2022.
