Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A New York judge tossed a public-urination ticket for a city Parks Department worker during an event to resolve low-level outstanding warrants and summonses. Parks maintenance worker Andre Jenkins, 36, said he was caught urinating in June in an empty parking lot in East New York after a two-hour train ride home from work. Advertisement "I had to go real bad. I thought it was a safe spot -- but a cop showed up out of nowhere. It was like he fell out of the sky," he said. He got a public-urination ticket, which can carry a $50 fine, the New York Post reported Sunday. Judge Sharen Hudson tossed the ticket Friday during Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes' Project Safe Surrender, a program meant to eliminate low-level warrants and summonses so prosecutors can focus on more serious crimes. The event was held at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in East Flatbush. "It's a beautiful thing," said Jenkins, who had one of about 170 citations tossed Friday. Read More Student allegedly urinated into teacher coffee pot Man caught urinating on police car Public peeing rises in Sweden Frequent urination a sign of medical issue Police: Urination led to shooting