The bill would prohibit the Taxi and Limousine Commission from restricting the acceptance of trip dispatches by for-hire vehicles from non-affiliated bases. However, bases would continue to be prohibited from “cross-dispatching” to vehicles of a different classification (i.e. a black car base may not dispatch a livery vehicle).
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Int. No. 909
By Council Member Reynoso
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the acceptance of dispatches by for-hire vehicles
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York section is amended to add a new section 19-544 to read as follows:
§ 19-544 For-hire vehicle dispatches. The commission shall not limit, restrict, or otherwise prohibit a for-hire vehicle from accepting a dispatch from a base with which such vehicle is not affiliated; provided, however, that a base station, black car base, or luxury limousine base shall not dispatch a vehicle that is affiliated with a base belonging to a different workers’ compensation fund.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS 5371/2015