S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5932
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 17, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to for-hire vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions u and v of section 19-502 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 51 of
the city of New York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
u. "Black car" means a for-hire vehicle dispatched from a central
facility whose owner holds a franchise from the corporation or other
business entity which operates such central facility, or who is a member
of a cooperative that operates such central facility, where such central
facility has certified to the satisfaction of the commission that more
than ninety percent of the central facility's for-hire business is on a
payment basis other than direct cash payment by a passenger AND/OR
COVERED BY THE NEW YORK BLACK CAR OPERATORS' INJURY COMPENSATION FUND,
INC. PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-DD OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
v. "Luxury limousine" means a for-hire vehicle which is dispatched
from a central facility which has certified to the satisfaction of the
commission that more than ninety percent of its for-hire business is on
a payment basis other than direct cash payment by a passenger, for which
there is maintained personal injury insurance coverage of no less than
five hundred thousand dollars per accident where one person is injured
and one million dollars per accident for all persons injured in that
same accident, whose passengers are charged on the basis of garage to
garage service and on a flat rate basis or per unit of time or mileage
AND/OR COVERED BY THE NEW YORK BLACK CAR OPERATORS' INJURY COMPENSATION
FUND, INC. PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-DD OF THE EXECUTIVE
LAW.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 2. Section 19-506 of the administrative code of the city of New York
is amended by adding a new subdivision n to read as follows:
N. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
(A) "ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 19-534 OF THIS CHAPTER.
(B) "FOR-HIRE VEHICLE BASE STATION" SHALL MEAN A COMMISSION LICENSED
BASE WITH A LICENSE BASE NUMBER THAT MANAGES, ORGANIZES OR DISPATCHES
ANY FOR-HIRE VEHICLE.
2. AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
(A) ANY VEHICLE TO BE NEWLY PLACED INTO SERVICE AS A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE
AFFILIATED WITH A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE BASE STATION TO WHICH ONE THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED OR MORE FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ARE AFFILIATED, MUST BE AN ACCES-
SIBLE VEHICLE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (C) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH ARE SATISFIED.
(B) EACH FOR-HIRE VEHICLE BASE STATION TO WHICH ONE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED OR MORE FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ARE AFFILIATED, SHALL HAVE NO MORE
THAN NINETY DAYS TO BEGIN TO CONVERT ITS AFFILIATED VEHICLES THAT IT
REPLACES OR RETIRES TO ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES UNTIL FIVE PERCENT OF ITS
AFFILIATED VEHICLES ARE ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES.
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN ALL FOR-HIRE VEHICLES
BASE STATIONS TO WHICH ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED OR MORE VEHICLES ARE
AFFILIATED SHALL, BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, CONVERT ITS
AFFILIATED VEHICLES TO ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES UNTIL AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT
OF ALL SUCH VEHICLES ARE ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES.
NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR-HIRE
VEHICLE BASE STATIONS TO WHICH ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED OR MORE VEHICLES
ARE AFFILIATED MUST SUBMIT A PLAN WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A SCHEDULE TO
COMPLY WITH THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION.
(D) BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A MORATORIUM
IS HEREBY PLACED ON THE LICENSING OF ANY NEW FOR-HIRE VEHICLE BASE
STATION OR FOR-HIRE VEHICLE PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A FOR-HIRE VEHICLE
BASE STATION WITH FEWER THAN ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AFFILIATED VEHI-
CLES MAY ADD AFFILIATED VEHICLES UNTIL SUCH BASE HAS AN ADDITIONAL TWEN-
TY PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF AFFILIATED VEHICLES IT HAD ON THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION IF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT CONDUCTED
BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINDS THAT
ADDING SUCH NEW VEHICLES WILL NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
3. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT
LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER
DAY PER CAR FROM THE DATE A VIOLATION OCCURRED UNTIL THE DATE SUCH
VIOLATION IS CURED. A VIOLATION MAY ALSO BE GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OR
DENIAL OF LICENSING, OR RENEWAL THEREOF, UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed three years after it shall have become a law.