Compliance with Law – Miscellaneous.
35 RCNY § 82-17
in effect§ 82-17 Compliance with Law – Miscellaneous.
(a) Compliance with Commission Rules and Regulations, Generally. The Licensee must comply with the Commission's Street Hail Livery specifications, the Marking Specifications for Street Hail Liveries, all pertinent provisions of the Administrative Code and other laws, rules or regulations governing Street Hail Livery Licensees.
35 RCNY § 82-17(a) Fine: $200 if plead guilty before a hearing; $300 if found guilty following a hearing. Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(b) Alcohol and Drug Laws. A Street Hail Livery Licensee must not knowingly allow a Street Hail Livery to be operated by a Driver who is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol or whose driving ability is in any way impaired.
35 RCNY § 82-17(b) Fine: $10,000 and revocation Appearance REQUIRED
(c) Payment of all Fines and Judgments. The holder of a Street Hail Livery License issued under this Chapter must satisfy any outstanding judgment and pay any civil penalty owed for a violation relating to traffic in a Qualified Jurisdiction or for a violation of the regulations of a Qualified Jurisdiction.
35 RCNY § 82-17(c) Penalty: Suspension until satisfaction or payment Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(d) No False Statements.
(1) A Licensee must not file with the Commission any statement required under the Special Requirements for Business Entities provision, 35 RCNY § 82-06(c), that the Licensee knows or should know to be false, misleading, deceptive or materially incomplete.
35 RCNY § 82-17(d)(1) Fine: Up to $10,000 Appearance REQUIRED
(e) No Unlawful Purpose.
(1) A Licensee must not use or permit any other person to use Licensee's Street Hail Livery, base or office of record for any unlawful purpose.
35 RCNY § 82-17(e)(1) Fine: $350 - $1,000 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation Appearance REQUIRED
(2) A Licensee must not conceal any evidence of a crime connected with Licensee's Street Hail Livery, base or office of record.
35 RCNY § 82-17(e)(2) Fine: $350 - $1,000 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation Appearance REQUIRED
(3) A Licensee must report immediately to the police any attempt to use Licensee's Street Hail Livery to commit a crime or to escape from the scene of a crime.
35 RCNY § 82-17(e)(3) Fine: $100 - $350 and/or suspension up to 30 days Appearance REQUIRED
(f) No False Credentials.
(1) A Licensee must not attempt to avoid inspection of a Licensed vehicle by using false credentials to disguise one vehicle as another or by any other means contrary to law or regulation of the Commission.
35 RCNY § 82-17(f)(1) Fine: Up to $10,000 per Street Hail Livery implicated in the violation, plus mandatory divestiture of Street Hail Livery License Appearance REQUIRED
(2) A Licensee must not operate or present for inspection a vehicle in which the Vehicle Identification Number has been loosened and reattached, or switched from another vehicle or otherwise altered in a manner not in compliance with Article 17 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
35 RCNY § 82-17(f)(2) Fine: Mandatory divestiture of Street Hail Livery License, plus a fine of up to $10,000 per Street Hail Livery implicated in the violation Appearance REQUIRED
(3) A Licensee must not present documents to the Commission that falsely indicate compliance with liability insurance and/or Workers' Compensation insurance requirements.
35 RCNY § 82-17(f)(3) Fine: Mandatory divestiture of Street Hail Livery License, plus a fine of up to $10,000 per Street Hail Livery implicated in the violation Appearance REQUIRED
(g) Street Hail Livery Improvement Fund (TSP Responsibility).
(1) A Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application Provider is responsible for remitting all collected Street Hail Livery Improvement Surcharge amounts to the Street Hail Livery Improvement Fund, as described in subdivision (b) of 35 RCNY § 66-25.
(2) For trips provided in WAV vehicles, the Street Hail Livery Improvement Driver Incentive Payment (as specified in 35 RCNY § 82-70(b)) will be paid directly to the Driver by the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application Provider at the time and in the manner required by the Commission.
(3) When any Street Hail Livery Improvement Surcharge amount due is not collected by the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application Provider, the Street Hail Livery Licensee must pay the entire such amount, as remitted by the Street Hail Livery Driver, to the Street Hail Livery Improvement Fund.
(4) The Street Hail Livery Licensee, or the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application used by the Street Hail Livery Licensee, must pay the Street Hail Livery Improvement Surcharge to the Street Hail Livery Improvement Fund at the time and in the manner required by the Commission.
(5) If a Street Hail Livery Licensee, or the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application used by the Street Hail Livery Licensee, does not pay the Street Hail Livery Improvement Surcharge to the Street Hail Livery Improvement Fund at the time required, nonpayment will be grounds for the suspension of the TLC license issued to the entity required to pay and/or by the denial of any renewal application or of any application for another TLC-issued license submitted by such entity, in addition to monetary penalties for such non-payment.
35 RCNY § 82-17(g)(1)-(5) Fine: $1,000 and suspension until compliance Appearance REQUIRED
(Amended City Record 5/14/2018, eff. 6/13/2018; amended City Record 2/2/2023, eff. 3/4/2023; amended City Record 5/10/2023, eff. 6/9/2023; amended City Record 6/20/2024, eff. 7/20/2024)
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-75454Fetched: 10/24/2026