New York A 7973: Enacts the towing protection enforcement act

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A07973 Summary:

BILL NOA07973 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04793

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SPONSORKim

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§19-169.1, 20-499, 20-504, 20-504.1, 20-510 & 20-515, NYC Ad Cd

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Enacts the towing protection enforcement act; updates laws that regulate the towing of vehicles, including adding provisions thereto to prevent predatory towing of vehicles within the City of New York.

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BILL NOA07973 

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04/16/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026referred to cities

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7973

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Cities

 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to enacting the towing protection enforcement act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "towing protection enforcement act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision j of section 19-169.1 of the administrative code of
 4 the city of New York, as amended by local law number 41 of the city of
 5 New York for the year 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 6 j. (1) Any person who violates this section shall be punished as
 7 follows: for the first violation, a fine of five hundred dollars; for
 8 the second violation within a period of twelve months of the date of the
 9 first violation, a fine of one thousand dollars; and for any additional
 10 violations within a period of twenty-four months of the date of a first
 11 violation, a fine of [one] two thousand dollars.
 12 (2) In addition to the penalties prescribed by paragraph one of this
 13 subdivision, any person who knowingly or willfully violates the
 14 provisions of this section or subdivision b of section 20-515 of this
 15 code or any rules promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemea-
 16 nor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars or more
 17 than three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety
 18 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 19 (3) Any person who knowingly or willfully violates the provisions of
 20 this section or subdivision b of section 20-515 of this code or any
 21 rules promulgated thereunder who has been found guilty of a violation of
 22 any such provisions or such rules two times within a twenty-four-month
 23 period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
 24 than one thousand dollars or more than ten thousand dollars, or by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09600-01-5

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 1 imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and
 2 imprisonment.
 3 § 3. Subdivisions a and b of section 20-499 of the administrative code
 4 of the city of New York, subdivision a as amended and subdivision b as
 5 added by local law number 11 of the city of New York for the year 1989,
 6 are amended to read as follows:
 7 a. As a condition of the issuance of a license to engage in towing,
 8 each applicant shall furnish to the commissioner a surety bond in the
 9 sum of [five] twenty-five thousand dollars, payable to the city of New
 10 York, executed by the applicant and a surety approved by the commission-
 11 er. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the applicant's compliance with
 12 the provisions of this subchapter and any rules or regulations promul-
 13 gated hereunder, and upon the further condition that the applicant will
 14 pay to the city any fine, penalty or other obligation within thirty days
 15 of its imposition, or any final judgment recovered by any person who
 16 received towing services from a licensee thereunder and was damaged
 17 thereby. The commissioner may in [his or her] such commissioner's
 18 discretion, after a public hearing, five days notice of which shall be
 19 published in the City Record, increase the amount of the surety bond
 20 required by this section to an amount not to exce