New York A 5142: Allows commuter vans to accept hails from prospective passengers in the street

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A05142 Summary:

BILL NOA05142 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORAnderson (MS)

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COSPNSRBeephan, Bichotte Hermelyn, Burdick, Carroll R, Chandler-Waterman, Colton, Cook, Cruz, Cunningham,
 Davila, Dais, Epstein, Forrest, Fitzpatrick, Gibbs, Hevesi, Hyndman, Jackson, Kim, Maher, Meeks,
 Otis, Raga, Reyes, Seawright, Septimo, Taylor, Walker, Weprin, Zinerman, Mitaynes, O'Pharrow

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MLTSPNSRBrook-Krasny

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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; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

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BILL NOA05142 

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02/12/2025referred to ways and means

03/31/2025amend (t) and recommit to ways and means

03/31/2025print number 5142a

04/03/2025reference changed to cities

06/09/2025amend by restoring to original print 5142

06/10/2025reference changed to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5142

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON, ALVAREZ, BEEPHAN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
 BURDICK, R. CARROLL, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, COLTON, COOK, CRUZ, CUNNING-
 HAM, DAVILA, DAIS, DE LOS SANTOS, EPSTEIN, FORREST, FITZPATRICK,
 GIBBS, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, JACKSON, KIM, MAHER, MEEKS, OTIS, RAGA, REYES,
 SEAWRIGHT, SEPTIMO, TAPIA, TAYLOR, WALKER, WEPRIN, ZINERMAN -- Multi-
 Sponsored by -- M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Ways and Means

 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; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06261-01-5

 A. 5142 2

 1 the state of New York, the state of New York or any other state or local
 2 government that follows the applicable procurement rules and regulations
 3 of such jurisdiction regardless of the seating capacity of any such
 4 vehicle. The commission shall submit to the council the text of any
 5 proposed rule relating to the maximum capacity of commuter vans at the
 6 time such proposed rule is published in the City Record.
 7 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 19-504 of the administra-
 8 tive code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 115 of
 9 the city of New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 10 (1) A taxi-cab, coach, wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or
 11 for-hire vehicle shall operate within the cit