New York S 4105: Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street

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S04105 Summary:

BILL NOS04105A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRBAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, LANZA, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, RHOADS, SANDERS, WEBB

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

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Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street.

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BILL NOS04105A

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 1

03/27/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CITIES 1

03/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 4105A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4105--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON,
 LANZA, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RHOADS, SANDERS, WEBB -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Cities 1 -- 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 allowing commuter vans to accept 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 of the city
 3 of New York for the year 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 this section. For purposes of the provisions of this chapter relating
 11 to prohibitions against the operation of an unauthorized commuter van
 12 service or an unlicensed commuter van, the enforcement of such prohibi-
 13 tions and the imposition of penalties for violations of such prohibi-
 14 tions and to the seizure and forfeiture of commuter vans, the term shall
 15 also include any common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle not
 16 subject to licensure as a taxicab, for-hire vehicle, or wheelchair
 17 accessible van and not operating as a public or private bus transit
 18 service operated pursuant to a contract with the city, any county within
 19 the state of New York, the state of New York or any other state or local
 20 government that follows the applicable procurement rules and regulations
 21 of such jurisdiction regardless of the seating capacity of any such
 22 vehicle. The commission shall submit to the council the text of any
 23 proposed rule relating to the maximum capacity of commuter vans at the
 24 time such proposed rule is published in the City Record.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06261-02-5

 S. 4105--A 2

 1 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
 2 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
 3 the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) A taxi-cab, coach, wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or
 5 for-hire vehicle shall operate within the city of New York only if the
 6 owner shall first have obtained from the commission a taxicab, coach,
 7 wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or for-hire vehicle license for
 8 such vehicle and only while such license is in full force and effect.
 9 Vehicle licenses shall be issued for a term of not less than one nor
 10 more than two years and shall expire on the date set forth on the
 11 license unless sooner suspended or revoked by the commission. No motor
 12 vehicle other than a duly licensed taxicab or commuter van where author-
 13 ized pursuant to subdivision c of section 19-502 of this chapter shall
 14 be