Woman in New York Fined $100 for Throwing Newspaper in Trash

An elderly Manhattan woman living on Social Security was slapped with a $100 ticket -- for throwing away a newspaper in a city trash can.

The woman says she'll fight a $100 summons for tossing a newspaper into a city litter basket.

Delia Gluckin told The New York Post that she got the ticket from a Sanitation Department agent on Sunday.

The Manhattan resident said she offered to take the paper out but the agent wrote out the summons for putting "improper refuse in a city litter basket."

In a statement, the department said that many city residents use corner litter baskets as "their personal household dumping site." But it conceded that "being fined for tossing a newspaper into a basket is odd."

The 80-year-old Gluckin says she's on a fixed income and will fight the fine.

City litter baskets have signs that read: "litter only" and "no household trash."

The senior, who lives on a fixed income, said she'll fight the fine, and has been inundated with offers to help pay it.

"I think the city is being horrendous. I was never in trouble with anybody," said Gluckin. She has 10 days to pay up, or the fine jumps to $300.