File #: Int 0967-2018    Version: * Name: Panic buttons for drivers of taxicabs, street hail liveries and for-hire vehicles.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
File created: 6/7/2018 In control: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
On agenda: 6/7/2018 Final action:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to panic buttons for drivers of taxicabs, street hail liveries and for-hire vehicles
Sponsors: Andy L. King, Ruben Diaz, Sr., Laurie A. Cumbo, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Adrienne E. Adams, Fernando Cabrera , Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Vanessa L. Gibson, Robert F. Holden, Stephen T. Levin, Antonio Reynoso, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Ritchie J. Torres, Jumaane D. Williams, Mark Gjonaj
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 967, 2. Int. No. 967, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-7-18

Int. No. 967

 

By Council Members King, Diaz, Cumbo, Ampry-Samuel, Adams, Cabrera, Cornegy, Gibson, Holden, Levin, Reynoso, Salamanca, Torres, Williams and Gjonaj

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to panic buttons for drivers of taxicabs, street hail liveries and for-hire vehicles

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 19-508 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:

d. 1. For purposes of this section, the term "panic button" means a help or distress signaling system as designated by the rules of the commission that connects a driver in distress with the police department.

2. Every taxicab, HAIL vehicle and for-hire vehicle shall have a panic button within reach of the driver’s seat.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes a law, except that the taxi and limousine commission shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such date.

 

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5/11/18