Assembly Bill A2142

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all for-hire vehicles to comply with vehicle accessibility requirements

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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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2019-A2142 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §§19-502 & 19-506, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7203
2017-2018: A5932
2021-2022: A6066

2019-A2142 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring all for-hire vehicles to comply with vehicle accessibility requirements; defines accessible vehicle and for-hire vehicle base station; requires a portion of for-hire vehicles affiliated with a for-hire vehicle base station be dedicated to be accessible vehicles; requires that by 2024, 50% of such for-hire vehicles of 1200 or more affiliated with a for-hire vehicle base station be accessible vehicles

2019-A2142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2142
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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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