New York S 9358: Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street

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S09358 Summary:

BILL NOS09358A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10323-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRLANZA, SANDERS

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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.

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BILL NOS09358A

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03/04/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

05/19/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/01/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

06/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 9358A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9358--A

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, LANZA, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation -- 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.
 LBD14429-03-6

 S. 9358--A 2

 1 of commuter vans at the time such proposed rule is published in the City
 2 Record.
 3 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
 4 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115
 5 for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (1) A [taxi-cab] taxicab, coach, wheelchair accessible van, commuter
 7 van or for-hire vehicle shall operate within the city of New York only
 8 if the owner shall first have obtained from the commission a taxicab,
 9 c