Assembly Bill A8496

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to New York city livery permits and increases the amount of taxicabs designed to foster increased access and mobility to persons with disabilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Details

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2011-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a greater amount of taxicabs serving the city of New York that are designed to foster increased access and mobility to persons with disabilities; and establishes a task force on areas of NYC underserved by medallion taxicabs.

2011-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8496

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Cities

AN ACT in relation to livery permits in the city of New York

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  findings. The legislature finds and declares
that the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the state
of New York traveling to, from and within the city  of  New  York  is  a
matter  of  substantial state concern, which includes access to safe and
reliable mass transportation such as taxicabs. The majority of residents
and nonresidents of the city of New York do not currently have access to
the necessary amount of legal, licensed taxicabs  available  for  street
hails  when  traveling  within the city.   Improving access to such mass
transportation, including taxicabs, furthers this matter of  substantial
state  concern.  Additionally,  the  legislature finds and declares that
there should be a greater amount of taxicabs serving  the  city  of  New
York  that  are  designed to foster increased access, mobility and inde-
pendence of persons with disabilities. The health, safety and welfare of
these persons with disabilities is placed at risk without  adequate  and
reliable transportation.
  S  2. The city of New York may, acting by the mayor alone, administra-
tively authorize the New York city taxi and limousine commission or  its
successor  agency  to  issue  up  to  one  thousand five hundred taxicab
licenses in addition to those already issued,  provided,  however,  that
five  hundred sixty-nine of such taxicab licenses shall be restricted to
vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities,  provided
further that such additional licenses shall be issued by public sale and
shall  be  fully transferable. The commission or successor thereto shall
prescribe by regulation the procedures for the issuance and public  sale
of  such  additional  licenses,  by public auction, sealed bids or other
competitive process. Such additional licenses may be issued on or  after

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13200-01-1
              

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