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                                  2653--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. ANDERSON, HYNDMAN, WEPRIN, FORREST, CUNNINGHAM,
   COOK, GIBBS, SOLAGES, DAVILA, WALKER, REYES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  JACK-
   SON,  SEPTIMO,  KIM, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, DARLING, DICKENS, MEEKS, ALVA-
   REZ,  TAPIA,  ARDILA,  TAYLOR,   EPSTEIN,   BURGOS,   CRUZ,   BEEPHAN,
   DE LOS SANTOS,  ZINERMAN,  CARROLL,  COLTON,  SEAWRIGHT,  MAHER, OTIS,
   FITZPATRICK, HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BROOK-KRASNY,
   J. A. GIGLIO  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Cities --
   recommitted to the Committee on Cities  in  accordance  with  Assembly
   Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  allowing  commuter vans to accept hails from prospective
   passengers in the street; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
   relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 of  the  city
 of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
 ity  of  at least nine passengers but not more than [twenty] TWENTY-FOUR
 passengers or such greater capacity as the commission may  establish  by
 rule  and  carrying  passengers  for hire in the city duly licensed as a
 commuter van by the commission [and not permitted to accept  hails  from
 prospective passengers in the street]. For purposes of the provisions of
 this  chapter relating to prohibitions against the operation of an unau-
 thorized commuter  van  service  or  an  unlicensed  commuter  van,  the
 enforcement  of  such  prohibitions  and the imposition of penalties for
 violations of such prohibitions and to the  seizure  and  forfeiture  of
 commuter vans, the term shall also include any common carrier of passen-
 gers  by  motor  vehicle not subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07042-03-4
              

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 vehicle, or wheelchair accessible van and not operating as a  public  or
 private  bus  transit  service  operated pursuant to a contract with the
 city, any county within the state of New York, the state of New York  or
 any other state or local government that follows the applicable procure-
 ment  rules and regulations of such jurisdiction regardless of the seat-
 ing capacity of any such vehicle. The commission  shall  submit  to  the
 council  the  text of any proposed rule relating to the maximum capacity
 of commuter vans at the time such proposed rule is published in the City
 Record.
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
 the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) A taxi-cab, coach, wheelchair  accessible  van,  commuter  van  or
 for-hire  vehicle  shall operate within the city of New York only if the
 owner shall first have obtained from the commission  a  taxicab,  coach,
 wheelchair  accessible van, commuter van or for-hire vehicle license for
 such vehicle and only while such license is in full  force  and  effect.
 Vehicle  licenses  shall  be  issued for a term of not less than one nor
 more than two years and shall expire  on  the  date  set  forth  on  the
 license  unless  sooner suspended or revoked by the commission. No motor
 vehicle other than a duly licensed taxicab  OR  COMMUTER  VAN  shall  be
 permitted to accept hails from passengers in the street. No commuter van
 shall  be  operated within the city of New York unless it is operated as
 part of a current, valid authorization to operate a commuter van service
 duly issued by the commission pursuant to section 19-504.2 of this chap-
 ter.
   § 3. The section heading of section 19-516 of the administrative  code
 of  the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of the city
 of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   Acceptance of passengers by for-hire vehicles [and commuter vans].
   § 4. Subdivision b of section 19-516 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York is REPEALED and a new subdivision b is added to read as
 follows:
   B. COMMUTER VANS DULY LICENSED BY THE COMMISSION TO  CARRY  PASSENGERS
 FOR  HIRE  ARE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT HAILS FROM PROSPECTIVE PASSENGERS IN
 THE  STREETS  OF  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK,   PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  AUTHORI-
 ZATION  SHALL  PROHIBIT  THE  PICK  UP  OF  PASSENGERS BY STREET HAIL AT
 AIRPORTS  AND  BY STREET HAIL OR PRE-ARRANGED CALL IN MANHATTAN SOUTH OF
 EAST NINETY-SIXTH STREET AND  SOUTH  OF WEST ONE HUNDRED  TENTH  STREET,
 OR IN SUCH AREA AS THE COMMISSION SHALL BY RULE PROHIBIT.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.