Compliance with Law – Miscellaneous.
35 RCNY § 58-16
in effect§ 58-16 Compliance with Law – Miscellaneous.
(a) Compliance with Commission Rules and Regulations, Generally and Specifically.
(1) An Owner must comply with the Commission's Taxicab specifications, the Marking Specifications for Taxicabs, all pertinent provisions of the Administrative Code and other laws, rules or regulations governing Taxicab Owners.
35 RCNY § 58-16(a)(1) Fine: $200 if plead guilty before a hearing; $300 if found guilty following a hearing. Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(2) Commercial Advertising and Commercial Sponsorships on the Back of Taximeter Receipts.
(i) Commercial advertising and commercial sponsorships may be printed on the back of receipts produced by a taximeter.
(ii) Any such advertising and sponsorships appearing on a receipt must comply with the commercial advertising and commercial sponsorship standards that apply to Passenger-facing content as set forth in 35 RCNY § 66-24(g)(3).
(iii) Any such advertising and sponsorships appearing on a receipt must not interfere with the readability of the fare information on the face of the receipt.
35 RCNY § 58-16(a)(2)(ii) and (iii) Fine: $200 if plead guilty before a hearing; $300 if found guilty following a hearing. Appearance NOT REQUIRED
(b) Compliance with Accessible Taxicab Medallion Rules.
(1) An Owner of an Accessible Taxicab Medallion must comply with 35 RCNY Chapter 53. An Owner of a Taxicab hacked up as an Accessible Taxicab (even if the Medallion is not an Accessible Taxicab Medallion) must also comply with 35 RCNY Chapter 53.
35 RCNY § 58-16(b)(1) Fine: 35 RCNY Chapter 53 penalties apply
(2) An Owner of an Accessible Taxicab (whether or not the Owner's Medallion is an Accessible Taxicab Medallion) must ensure that Drivers of an Owner's Accessible Taxicab comply with 35 RCNY Chapter 53 and
(i) Maintain contact with the Accessible Taxi Dispatcher and
(ii) Accept dispatches from the Accessible Taxi Dispatcher to provide trips to Passengers in Wheelchairs.
35 RCNY § 58-16(b)(2) Fine: 35 RCNY Chapter 53 penalties apply
(c) No False Statements.
(1) An Owner must not file with the Commission any statement required under the Special Requirements for Business Entities provision (35 RCNY § 58-05(e)) that the Owner knows or should know to be false, misleading, deceptive or materially incomplete.
(2) An Owner must not file with the Commission any statement required under the Financial Disclosure provision (35 RCNY § 58-04(f)) that the Owner knows or should know to be false, misleading, deceptive or materially incomplete.
35 RCNY § 58-16(c)(1) and (2) Fine: Up to $10,000 per Medallion implicated in the violation and/or mandatory divestiture of any and all interests in any Taxicab Licenses held by the Owner, shareholder, officer, director or partner in violation Appearance REQUIRED
(d) No Unlawful Purpose.
(1) An Owner must not use or permit any other person to use Owner's Taxicab, garage or office of record for any unlawful purpose.
35 RCNY § 58-16(d)(1) Fine: $350 - 1,000 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation Appearance REQUIRED
(2) An Owner must not conceal any evidence of a crime connected with Owner's Taxicab, garage or office of record.
35 RCNY § 58-16(d)(2) Fine: $350 - 1,000 and/or suspension up to 30 days or revocation Appearance REQUIRED
(3) An Owner must report immediately to the police any attempt to use Owner's Taxicab to commit a crime or to escape from the scene of a crime.
35 RCNY § 58-16(d)(3) Fine: $100 - $350 and/or suspension up to 30 days Appearance REQUIRED
(e) No False Credentials.
(1) An Owner 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 § 58-16(e)(1) Fine: Up to $10,000 per Medallion implicated in the violation plus mandatory divestiture of any and all Taxicab Licenses held by the Owner, and any held by a director, officer or stockholder of the Owner Appearance REQUIRED
(2) An Owner 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 § 58-16(e)(2) Fine: Mandatory divestiture of any and all Taxicab Licenses held by the Owner, and any held by a director, officer or stockholder of the Owner, plus a fine of up to $10,000 per Medallion implicated in the violation Appearance REQUIRED
(3) An Owner must not present documents to the Commission that falsely indicate compliance with liability insurance and/or Workers' Compensation insurance requirements.
35 RCNY § 58-16(e)(3) Fine: Mandatory divestiture of any and all Taxicab Licenses held by the Owner, and any held by a director, officer or stockholder of the Owner, plus a fine of up to $10,000 per Medallion implicated in the violation Appearance REQUIRED
(f) Taxicab Improvement Fund (TSP and Medallion Owner Responsibility).
(1) A Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application Provider is responsible for remitting all collected Taxicab Improvement Surcharge amounts to the Taxicab Improvement Fund, as described in subdivision (a) of 35 RCNY § 66-25.
(2) When any Taxicab Improvement Surcharge amount due is not collected by the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application Provider, the Owner of the subject Medallion must pay the entire such amount, as remitted by the Taxicab Driver, to the Taxicab Improvement Fund.
(3) The Owner of any Medallion, or the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application used by the Owner of a Medallion, must pay the Taxicab Improvement Surcharge to the Taxicab Improvement Fund at the time and in the manner required by the Commission.
(4) If an Owner, or the Technology System Provider and/or E-Hail Application used by the Owner of a Medallion, does not pay the Taxicab Improvement Surcharge to the Taxicab 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 § 58-16(f)(1-4) Fine: $1,000 and suspension until compliance Appearance REQUIRED
(Amended City Record 12/15/2016, eff. 1/14/2017; amended City Record 5/14/2018, eff. 6/13/2018; amended City Record 5/17/2018, eff. 6/16/2018; amended City Record 2/2/2023, eff. 3/4/2023)
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/0-0-0-127377Fetched: 10/24/2026