New York A 10323: Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street

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A10323 Summary:

BILL NOA10323A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09358-A

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SPONSORAnderson

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COSPNSRSeawright, Weprin, Tapia, Wright, Hyndman, Chandler-Waterman, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§19-502, 19-504 & 19-516, NYC Ad Cd

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Directs the New York city taxi and limousine commission to establish a pilot program to evaluate the impact of commuter vans accepting street hails; authorizes commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street in certain locations until June thirtieth, two thousand thirty; directs the New York city taxi and limousine commission to submit a report evaluating such pilot program to the mayor, the speaker of the council, the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, no later than February first, two thousand twenty-eight and annually thereafter until the completion of such pilot program.

Go to top A10323 Actions:

BILL NOA10323A

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02/20/2026referred to cities

05/30/2026amend (t) and recommit to cities

05/30/2026print number 10323a

06/02/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/04/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA10323 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Go to topA10323 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10323 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10323--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN, TAPIA, WRIGHT, HYND-
 MAN, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, DAVILA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Cities -- 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 establishing a pilot program to evaluate the impact of
 commuter vans accepting hails from prospective passengers in the
 street

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision p of section 19-502 of the administrative code
 2 of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 37 for the year
 3 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 4 p. "Commuter van" means a commuter van service having a seating capac-
 5 ity of at least nine passengers but not more than twenty passengers or
 6 such greater capacity as the commission may establish by rule and carry-
 7 ing passengers for hire in the city duly licensed as a commuter van by
 8 the commission and not permitted to accept hails from prospective
 9 passengers in the street except as authorized pursuant to subdivision c
 10 of section 19-516 of this chapter. For purposes of the provisions of
 11 this chapter relating to prohibitions against the operation of an unau-
 12 thorized commuter van service or an unlicensed commuter van, the
 13 enforcement of such prohibitions and the imposition of penalties for
 14 violations of such prohibitions and to the seizure and forfeiture of
 15 commuter vans, the term shall also include any common carrier of passen-
 16 gers by motor vehicle not subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire
 17 vehicle, or wheelchair accessible van and not operating as a public or
 18 private bus transit service operated pursuant to a contract with the
 19 city, any county within the state of New York, the state of New York or
 20 any other state or local government that follows the applicable procure-
 21 ment rules and regulations of such jurisdiction regardless of the seat-
 22 ing capacity of any such vehicle. The commission shall submit to the
 23 council the text of any proposed rule relating to the maximum capacity

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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