The New York City Council - File #: Int 0144-2018

• File #: Int 0144-2018
• Version: B
• Name: Conducting a study of the impact vehicles for hire have on NYC.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Final action: 8/14/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to conducting a study of the impact vehicles for hire have on the city of New York, and authorizing the commission to establish and revise vehicle utilization standards for high-volume for-hire services and to regulate the issuance of new licenses to for-hire vehicles
• Sponsors: Stephen T. Levin, Costa G. Constantinides, Robert F. Holden, Carlina Rivera , Justin L. Brannan, Margaret S. Chin, Helen K. Rosenthal, Diana Ayala , Carlos Menchaca, Brad S. Lander
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/14/2018	B	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
8/14/2018	B	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
8/14/2018	B	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
8/8/2018	B	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
8/8/2018	B	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
8/8/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
8/8/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Amendment Proposed by Comm
8/8/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Amended by Committee
8/8/2018	B	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Approved by Committee	Pass
4/30/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
4/30/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Laid Over by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 144-B

By Council Members Levin, Constantinides, Holden, Rivera, Brannan, Chin, Rosenthal, Ayala, Menchaca and Lander

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to conducting a study of the impact vehicles for hire have on the city of New York, and authorizing the commission to establish and revise vehicle utilization standards for high-volume for-hire services and to regulate the issuance of new licenses to for-hire vehicles
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. a. The taxi and limousine commission shall not issue new for-hire vehicle licenses for 12 months after the effective date of this local law, during which period the commission shall submit a report to the council every 3 months on the impact of this section on vehicle ridership throughout the city.
b. Notwithstanding subdivision a of this section, the taxi and limousine commission may issue a new for-hire vehicle license to an applicant who (i) possesses a taxi and limousine commission issued driver's license, (ii) provides written proof that, prior to the effective date of this local law, the applicant entered into a lease for the use of a licensed for-hire vehicle that contains a conditional purchase agreement for the vehicle, and (iii) demonstrates that the term of such lease is no less than 2 years.
c. Notwithstanding subdivision a of this section, the taxi and limousine commission shall continue to issue new for-hire vehicle licenses for wheelchair accessible vehicles.
d. The taxi and limousine commission shall continue to renew for-hire vehicle licenses existing on the effective date of this local law pursuant to the rules of the commission.
e. Notwithstanding subdivision a of this section, the taxi and limousine commission may issue any number of new for-hire vehicle licenses upon a determination by the commission that issuing such number of new for-hire vehicle licenses would increase the...