New York S 2329: Requires review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes community input

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S02329 Summary:

BILL NOS02329 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03699

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRSEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§398-c & 398-e, add §398-j, V & T L

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Requires review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes community input; establishes a list of factors that shall be considered when making such decisions.

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BILL NOS02329 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1231

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.359

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/09/2026PASSED SENATE

03/09/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/09/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2329

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes
 community input

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

 1 Section 1. Section 398-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. Additional requirements for transfers and renewals. The commis-
 4 sioner shall consider the following factors in determining whether to
 5 approve an applicant's transfer or renewal of a certificate of registra-
 6 tion for the operation of a motor vehicle repair shop in the city of New
 7 York, in addition to such other factors they deem material to such
 8 renewal:
 9 (i) any history of violations of this article, history of parking
 10 violations, or parking-related building code violations;
 11 (ii) complaints from the community board or boards established pursu-
 12 ant to section twenty-eight hundred of the New York city charter with
 13 jurisdiction over the area in which the premises is located;
 14 (iii) proof of notification to such community board or boards as
 15 required under section three hundred ninety-eight-j of this article;
 16 (iv) opinions for or against the approval of such transfer or renewal
 17 provided by the relevant community board within thirty-five days of
 18 receiving notice pursuant to section three hundred ninety-eight-j of
 19 this article;
 20 (v) the effect of the applicant on vehicular traffic and parking in
 21 proximity to the location of the repair shop; and
 22 (vi) any other factors specified by law or regulation that are rele-
 23 vant to determine the public convenience and advantage, and public
 24 interest of the community.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01420-01-5

 S. 2329 2

 1 § 2. Paragraphs (k), (l) and the closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of
 2 section 398-e of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (k) as amended
 3 and paragraph (l) as added by chapter 527 of the laws of 2021, the clos-
 4 ing paragraph as amended by chapter 634 of the laws of 1980, are amended
 5 and a new paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
 6 (k) has engaged in a course of conduct which unreasonably impedes or
 7 delays a consumer's right to a fair recovery pursuant to the provisions
 8 of an automobile insurance policy, the insurance law or regulations
 9 issued by the superintendent of financial services governing the evalu-
 10 ation and adjustments of claims; [or]
 11 (l) has wilfully violated paragraph (b) of subdivision thirty-one,
 12 subdivision thirty-one-a or subdivision thirty-one-b of section three
 13 hundred seventy-five of this [chapter.] title; or
 14 (m) has engaged in a course of conduct that includes multiple parking
 15 violations or failed to cure two or more