Vehicle Equipment – Partitions.
35 RCNY § 82-36
in effect§ 82-36 Vehicle Equipment – Partitions.
(a) Requirement. A Street Hail Livery must be equipped with a partition that isolates the Driver from the rear seat Passengers and meets the requirements set forth in Subchapter B of these Rules.
35 RCNY § 82-36(a) Fine: $350 if plead guilty before a hearing and supply a condition corrected form issued by TLC's Safety and Emissions Division; $450 if found guilty following a hearing. Suspension until the condition is corrected. Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(b) Exemptions.
(1) A Street Hail Livery will be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a) if the Vehicle is equipped with all of the following safety devices:
(i) An FCC-licensed commercial two-way radio with an emergency button that would notify the dispatcher that the Driver is in trouble or a cellular telephone that has an emergency dialing feature;
(ii) The distress signaling light required by 35 RCNY § 82-35(c), above;
(iii) An approved in-vehicle camera system.
(c) Curtain Airbags Modification.
(1) A Street Hail Livery that is equipped with factory installed curtain airbags must be equipped with a modified partition that does not extend the full width of the interior of the Street Hail Livery.
(2) The modified partition instead must allow a space of six inches at each side, sufficient to license proper deployment of the curtain airbags.
(3) The modified partition must conform in all other respects with the applicable requirements of Subchapter B of this Chapter.
35 RCNY § 82-36(c) Fine: $300 and suspension until the condition is corrected Appearance REQUIRED
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/0-0-0-127394Fetched: 10/24/2026