Includes for-hire transportation services in the prohibition on price gouging; provides that such prohibition shall apply to for-hire transportation services after the declaration of a state of emergency by the governor tied to an abnormal disruption of the market or upon notice from the governor, attorney general or the chief executive of any municipality of the state that an abnormal disruption of the market exists.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8940
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
July 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to including for-
hire transportation services in the prohibition on price gouging
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 396-r of the general business law
is amended by adding two new paragraphs (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(F) THIS PROHIBITION SHALL APPLY TO FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
AFTER THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY BY THE GOVERNOR TIED TO AN
ABNORMAL DISRUPTION OF THE MARKET OR UPON NOTICE FROM THE GOVERNOR,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ANY MUNICIPALITY OF THE STATE
THAT AN ABNORMAL DISRUPTION OF THE MARKET EXISTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
SUCH NOTICE FROM THE GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE MAY
REQUEST THAT SUCH FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE ADJUST ITS PRICING IN
A MANNER WHICH INCENTIVIZES INCREASED TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN A
SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
(G) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTA-
TION SERVICES" SHALL MEAN THE SALE OF VEHICULAR GROUND TRANSPORTATION BY
A SELLER FOR A PRICE, THE ORIGIN, DESTINATION, OR BOTH BEING WITHIN NEW
YORK STATE, WHETHER PROVIDED BY THE SELLER ITSELF OR PROVIDED BY THIRD
PARTIES EMPLOYING THE SELLER'S PLATFORM TO CONNECT PASSENGERS AND DRIV-
ERS. FOR-HIRE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,
THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-ONE OF THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; TAXICABS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED
FORTY-EIGHT-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND SECTION 19-502 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, OR AS OTHERWISE DEFINED IN
LOCAL LAW; LIVERY VEHICLES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-
ONE-E OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR AS OTHERWISE DEFINED IN LOCAL
LAW; A BLACK CAR, LIMOUSINE, OR LUXURY LIMOUSINE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13244-01-5
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