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History
- Substituted by A8691A
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- Amended (t) 6118a
- 1st report cal.78
- Referred to cities
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Authorizes NYC to issue new taxicab licenses to vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Carl Heastie
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6118A
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 602 of the laws of 2011 relating to livery permits in the city of New York, in relation to authorizing New York city to issue up to two thousand new taxicab licenses to vehicles that are accessible to individuals with disabilities, authorizing New York City to issue eighteen thousand hail vehicle licenses and authorizing up to four hundred fifty hail base permits to for-hire base stations; and to amend the tax law, the administrative code of the city of New York and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to taxicabs and HAIL licenses in New York city; and to repeal certain sections of chapter 602 of the laws of 2011 relating to livery permits in the city of New York
Purpose or general idea of bill
To authorize the public sale of accessible taxicab licenses, HAIL licenses and HAIL base permits in New York City and to create enforcement provisions relating to the new HAIL licenses and base permits. The bill also adds HAIL vehicle trips to the MTA surcharge.
Read the full memo (731 words)
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill is the legislative intent.
Section 2 repeals sections of a chapter of the laws of 2011 relating to livery permits in New York City.
Section 3 of the bill authorizes New York City to issue up to 450 HAIL base permits.
Section 4 of the bill provides definitions.
Section 5 of the bill authorizes New York City to issue up to 18,000 HAIL licenses, 6,000 of which must be accessible.
Section 6 of the bill requires the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to prepare a HAIL market analysis prior to the second and third issuances of HAIL licenses.
Section 7 of the bill authorizes the transfer of HAIL licenses.
Section 8 of the bill authorizes New York City to issue up to 2,000 taxi licenses and requires all 2,000 licenses to be for accessible vehicles.
Section 9 of the bill requires the TLC to establish a program to support the introduction of accessible vehicles into the HAIL vehicle fleet.
Section 10 of the bill requires the TLC to prepare and submit to the New York State Department of Transportation a comprehensive disabled accessibility plan for its approval.
Section 11 of the bill restates the right of taxis to pick up passengers by street hail anywhere it is permitted in New York City.
Sections 12 through 23 of the bill amends the MTA taxi surcharge to include HAIL vehicle rides.
Sections 24 through 29 of the bill establish fines and penalties associated with the newly created HAIL licenses including picking up passengers within the exclusionary zone or fleeing a TLC officer or a police officer within the exclusionary zone; establish procedures for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles operating as HAIL vehicles without a HAIL license; and increase fines for unlawful solicitation of transportation at an airport.
Justification
The bill would allow the City to implement a taxi plan that will more effectively service all five boroughs of New York City and greatly increase the availability of accessible taxicabs and for-hire vehicles. The creation of this plan was prompted by three persistent mobility problems: the lack of accessible vehicles for people with disabilities; nearly non-existent taxi availability in underserved areas of the City (e.g., boroughs outside Manhattan); and, insufficient taxi supply in Manhattan's central business district.
Taken together, both the issuance of HAIL licenses for underserved neighborhoods and of new. accessible medallions. as authorized by this legislation, would substantially improve the ability of City residents and visitors, including persons with disabilities. to get where they need to go quickly and easily, without having to own a car, and would make living in and traveling to New York City more accessible, affordable, and enjoyable.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
Immediately; provided. however that sections 2 and 3 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2011 relating to livery permits in the City of New York, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5825 and A.8496, takes effect, and provided further that sections 12 through 22 of this act shall take effect February 15, 2012 provided that the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has been notified.
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