UPS Department of Finance FOIL Request

In the hunt to get even more data showing the degree to which UPS is an extraordinary blocker of bike lanes in NYC, I filed the below FOIL request to the NYC Finance Department.

The fleet application by the United Parcel Service or any of its subsidiaries to enroll in the NYC Delivery Solutions program
The number of tickets issued to the United Parcel Service or any of its subsidiaries in 2015 in the NYC Delivery Solutions program.
The dollar amount of tickets issued as well the final amount paid by the United Parcel Service or any of its subsidiaries in the NYC Delivery Solutions program.
The number of tickets given to the United Parcel Service or any of its subsidiaries for violations of NYS Traffic Section 4-08(e)(9) parking in a bicycle lane in 2015 in the NYC Delivery Solutions program.
The dollar amount paid by the United Parcel Service or any of its subsidiaries for for violations of NYS Traffic Section 4-08(e)(9) parking in a bicycle lane in 2015 in the NYC Delivery Solutions program.
Any documents relating to whether or not violations of NYS Traffic Section 4-08(e)(9) parking in a bicycle lane are accepted for reduced fines as part of the NYC Delivery Solutions Program.

After the customary rejection and appeal, the finance department provided this response

They are willing to provide data on UPS and non-UPS blocking of the bike lanes. However, they have decided it will cost 2k$. The searches can be accomplished by writing two SQL queries and would take any reasonably competent person 1 hour to retrieve the data.
The response also indicated that while the bike lane tickets are supposed to be among a class, along with parking in front of a hydrant, that are non-amenable that they do have their dollar amount reduced for UPS.

We need the 2,002$ required to get the records from the finance department.