Compliance with Law – No Unlicensed Activity.
35 RCNY § 82-12
in effect§ 82-12 Compliance with Law – No Unlicensed Activity.
(a) No Unlicensed Street Hail Liveries. A Licensee must ensure that when the Licensee's Street Hail Livery is in operation for hire it is in use with a Vehicle which has a Valid License.
35 RCNY § 82-12(a) Fine: $300 and/or suspension up to 30 days Appearance REQUIRED
(b) Street Hail Livery License and Commission License Plate.
1. A Street Hail Livery Licensee must not allow a Vehicle to be dispatched unless:
(i) A Vehicle has NYS license plates embossed with the legend "T & LC"
35 RCNY § 82-12(b)(1)(i) Vehicle Fine: $350 and suspension until compliance Penalty Points: 1 Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(ii) The Licensee's Street Hail Livery License is Valid.
35 RCNY § 82-12(b)(1)(ii) Vehicle Fine: $1,500 for the first offense; $2,000 for the second and subsequent offenses within a 36-month period. Penalty Points: 1 Appearance NOT REQUIRED
2. It will be a defense to a charge of operating a Street Hail Livery without a proper License if the Vehicle is listed by the Commission on its Web Site as Valid to operate as a Street Hail Livery.
(c) No Advertising as "Taxi" if Unlicensed. A Licensee who does not have a Valid Street Hail Livery License must not hold himself or herself out to the public providing hail service, or as a "taxi," "Street Hail Livery," "Taxicab" or "hack" service.
35 RCNY § 82-12(c) Fine: $1,500 and/or suspension up to 30 days Appearance REQUIRED
(d) No Unregistered Vehicles.
(1) A Licensee must ensure that the Licensee's Street Hail Livery is operated only while the NYS registration of the vehicle remains Valid.
(2) Operating a vehicle without a Valid registration will be considered the same as operating without a Valid Street Hail Livery License.
(3) The Street Hail Livery License of a Licensee who operates a Street Hail Livery without valid state registration will be summarily suspended.
35 RCNY § 82-12(d) Fine: $100 - $350 and/or suspension up to 30 days; Suspension until compliance Appearance REQUIRED
(e) No Unlicensed Drivers.
(1) No Street Hail Livery may be operated for hire unless the Driver has in his or her possession a Valid Driver's License that authorizes the Driver to operate a Street Hail Livery.
35 RCNY § 82-12(e)(1) Fine: $1,500 for the first offense; $2,000 for the second and subsequent offenses within a 36-month period. Penalty Points: 1 Appearance REQUIRED
(2) It will be a defense to a charge that a Driver is not authorized to operate a Street Hail Livery if the Driver is listed by the Commission on its Web Site as authorized to operate a Street Hail Livery.
(3) Driver Must Have Valid Chauffer's License.
(i) A Driver must not operate a Street Hail Livery without a Valid Chauffeur's License.
(ii) A Street Hail Livery Licensee is responsible for knowing the status of the state-issued driver's license for any Driver using a Vehicle with a Street Hail Livery License.
35 RCNY § 82-12(e)(3) Fine: $100 Penalty Points: 1 Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(f) Validity of License Requires Valid State Registration.
(1) A Street Hail Livery License will be Valid only while the NYS registration of the Vehicle remains Valid.
(2) A Street Hail Livery Licensee must immediately surrender the Street Hail Livery License to the Commission upon the expiration, restriction, suspension, or revocation of the Vehicle's NYS registration.
(3) The Street Hail Livery License of a Licensee who operates a Street Hail Livery without valid state registration will be summarily suspended.
35 RCNY § 82-12(f) Fine: $400 and Suspension until compliance. Appearance REQUIRED
(g) Affiliation with Licensed Base. A Street Hail Livery Licensee must not operate or allow another person to operate the Licensee's Street Hail Livery unless:
(1) It is affiliated with a Validly Licensed Street Hail Livery Base at all times
(2) The Street Hail Livery is being dispatched from its affiliated Base, unless the Street Hail Livery is being dispatched for a Pre-Arranged Trip and the Base dispatching the Street Hail Livery informs the customer that the Street Hail Livery is from another Base.
35 RCNY § 82-12(g) Fine: $100 per day for each day unaffiliated beginning 7 days AFTER the vehicle first becomes unaffiliated and suspension Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(h) Commercial Motor Vehicle Tax. A Street Hail Livery Licensee must comply with all requirements of 35 RCNY Chapter 59A concerning payment of Commercial Motor Vehicle Tax.
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/0-0-0-75369Fetched: 10/24/2026