A Manhattan judge has awarded more than $60,000 to two food cart workers, ruling that they were owed unpaid overtime and illegally forced to pay tickets that should have gone to the carts’ owners.

Civil Court Judge Andrea Masley (See Profile) found in a July 11 order that Mohammed Tajul Islam and Syed Seraji had proven their claims under New York’s Labor Law, though she dismissed claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The ruling followed a bench trial.