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- Print number 4482a
- Amend and recommit to cities
- Referred to cities
- Referred to cities
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Relates to requiring all for-hire vehicles to comply with vehicle accessibility requirements
In Assembly Committee · Cities · Sponsor Victor M. Pichardo
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Title of bill
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
Purpose or general idea of bill
To establish uniformity in regulations related to wheelchair accessibility requirement for all for-hire vehicles in New York City.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivisions u and v of section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 51 of the city of new York for the year 1996, by amending the definitions of "black car" and "luxury limousine" as defined by these respective sections to include such vehicles that "and/or are covered by the New York black car operators' injury compensation fund, inc. pursuant to section one hundred sixty-dd of the executive law."
Section 2 amends section 10-506 of the administrative code of the city of New York by adding a new subdivision n to establish similar requirements found in section 19-534 of the administrative code of the city of New York that set forth accessibility requirements so that accessibility requirements apply to all for hire vehicles as defined in section 1.
Section 3 of the bill sets forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
Currently the taxi cab and street hail livery industries in New York City are proceeding with an historic mandate that 50% off all vehicles in the five boroughs need to be wheelchair accessible by 2020. In an effort to protect and ensure the significant strides being made to ease and accommodate the transportation needs of the handicapped and physically disabled members of the New York City communities, the proposed bill seeks to apply these forward thinking requirements to all for-hire vehicles operating in New York City. In an effort to protect small business operating vehicle fleets of limited size, the proposed bill affects only fleet sizes of 1,200 or more for-hire vehicles.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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