The New York City Council - File #: Int 1052-2018

• File #: Int 1052-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Benefits for taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 8/8/2018
• In control: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
• On agenda: 8/8/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to benefits for taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers
• Sponsors: Corey D. Johnson, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Brad S. Lander
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Laid Over by Committee
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1052

By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Rodriguez and Lander

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to benefits for taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-548 to read as follows:
? 19-548 Benefits. a. For the purpose of this section, the term "benefits" may include, but need not be limited to, primary medical care, specialty medical care, mental health care, vision services, disability insurance, sick pay insurance, unemployment insurance and supplemental workers' compensation insurance.
b. The commission shall establish a program to offer benefits to taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers. Such program shall be administered by the city or an entity with experience in benefits administration. The commission shall establish by rule eligibility for such services and coverage.
c. To pay the costs of providing benefits and expenses in carrying out the powers and duties under this section, the commission shall determine, by reasonable estimate, the total funding necessary to carry out such operations. Based upon its estimation of operating costs, the commission shall establish by rule a uniform surcharge to be added to each taxicab and for-hire vehicle fare.
d. Each medallion owner leasing their taxicab to an eligible driver and each for-hire vehicle base, black car base and luxury limousine base dispatching an eligible driver shall be liable for payment to the commission of an amount equal to the product of (i) the uniform surcharge established pursuant to this section and (ii) the total number of trips performed by eligible drivers, regardless of whether such surcharge was billed or charged. Such payments shall be submitted to the commission in such a manner as prescribed by rule.
? 2. The taxi and limousine...