The New York City Council - File #: Int 0838-2018

• File #: Int 0838-2018
• Version: C
• Name: Licensing and regulation of high-volume for-hire transportation services.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/25/2018
• In control: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
• On agenda: 4/25/2018
• Final action: 8/14/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the licensing and regulation of high-volume for-hire transportation services
• Sponsors: Ruben Diaz, Sr., Chaim M. Deutsch, Fernando Cabrera , I. Daneek Miller, Costa G. Constantinides, Ritchie J. Torres, Karen Koslowitz, Barry S. Grodenchik, Rory I. Lancman, Justin L. Brannan, Jumaane D. Williams, Mark Gjonaj , Daniel Dromm , Peter A. Koo, Andy L. King, Alan N. Maisel, Francisco P. Moya, Andrew Cohen, Carlina Rivera , Keith Powers , Diana Ayala , Stephen T. Levin
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/14/2018	C	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
8/14/2018	C	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
8/14/2018	C	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
8/8/2018	C	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
8/8/2018	C	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	C	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
4/25/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/25/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 838-C

By Council Members Diaz, Deutsch, Cabrera, Miller, Constantinides, Torres, Koslowitz, Grodenchik, Lancman, Brannan, Williams, Gjonaj, Dromm, Koo, King, Maisel, Moya, Cohen, Rivera, Powers, Ayala and Levin

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the licensing and regulation of high-volume for-hire transportation services
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivisions ff and gg to read as follows:
ff. Base. The term "base" has the same meaning as "for-hire base (or "base")" in subdivision (f) of section 59B-03 of title 35 of the rules of the city of New York.
gg. High-volume for-hire service. The term "high-volume for-hire service" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, business corporation, sole proprietorship or any combination of one or more individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, business corporations or sole proprietorships operating under, or in affiliation with, one brand or trade name or a common brand, trade, business or operating name, that offers, facilitates or otherwise connects passengers to for-hire vehicles by prearrangement, including through one or more licensed black car bases, luxury limousine bases or livery base stations, as these terms are defined in section 51-03 of title 35 of the rules of the city of New York, utilizing software that allows a passenger or prospective passenger to arrange for transportation using a passenger-facing booking tool, including a smartphone or other electronic device, and that dispatches, or facilitates the dispatching of, 10,000 or more trips in the city in one day. Any and all bases using a common brand, trade, business or operating name will be considered together for purposes of determining whether they satisfy the definition of high-volume for-hire servic...