This bill would increase the financial penalties for for-hire vehicles that improperly accept a passenger by street hail. The fines would increase to $2,000 for a first violation, $4,000 for a second violation within two years, and $10,000 for a third or subsequent violation within ten years. These increased fines would apply to any vehicle with a HAIL license that accepts a passenger by street hail in an area where street hails by HAIL vehicles are not permitted and to other for-hire vehicles that improperly accept a passenger by street hail in particular areas of the city, including much of Manhattan, airports, and the immediate vicinity of Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, and Barclays Center.
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Int. No.
By Council Member Rodriguez
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing penalties for accepting a passenger by street hail from a location where street hails are not permitted
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision k of section 19-506 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by chapter 9 for the year 2012, is amended to read as follows:
(i) A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable by a fine of [five hundred dollars]$2,000 for the first violation. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable by a fine of [seven hundred fifty dollars]$4,000 when a driver has been convicted of a violation of this subdivision within the immediately preceding [twenty-four]24 months. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable by a fine of $10,000 and shall result in revocation of the driver's license issued pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (iii) of subdivision a of section 19-505 [of this chapter ]when such violation is committed by a driver who has previously been convicted of two or more violations of this section within the immediately preceding [one hundred twenty]120 months.
§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 19-507 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 35 for the year 2011, is amended to read as follows:
b. 1. (a) Any driver who has been found to have violated a provision of paragraph [one, two or three]1,2 or 3 of subdivision a of this section, or any combination thereof, shall be fined not less than [two hundred dollars]$200 nor more than [five hundred dollars]$500 for the first offense. Any driver who has been found in violation of any of the provisions of such paragraphs, or any combination thereof, for a second time within a [twenty-four]24 month period shall be fined not less than [three hundred fifty dollars]$350 nor more than [one thousand dollars]$1,000, and the commission may suspend the driver's license of such driver for a period not to exceed [thirty]30 days. Any driver who has been found to have violated any of the provisions of [paragraph one, two or three of such subdivision]such paragraphs, or any combination thereof, three or more times within a [thirty-six]36 month period shall be fined not more than [one thousand dollars]$1,000 for each such third or subsequent offense, and the commission shall revoke the driver's license of such driver.
(b) (1) Any driver who has been found to have violated any of the provisions of paragraph [four]4 of subdivision a of this section shall be fined not less than [two hundred dollars]$200 nor more than [three hundred fifty dollars]$350 for the first offense. Any driver who has been found in violation of any of the provisions of such paragraph for a second time within a [twenty-four]24 month period shall be fined not less than [three hundred fifty dollars]$350 nor more than [five hundred dollars]$500, and the commission may suspend the driver's license of such driver for a period not to exceed [thirty]30 days. The commission shall revoke the driver's license of any driver who has been found to have violated any of the provisions of paragraph [four]4 of such subdivision three or more times within a [thirty-six]36 month period.
(2) Notwithstanding clause 1 of this subparagraph, any driver who has been found to have violated any of the provisions of paragraph 4 of subdivision a of this section shall be fined not more than $2,000 for the first offense, $4,000 for a second offense within a 24 month period, and $10,000 for a third or subsequent offense within a 120 month period, with these enhanced fines not affecting any otherwise applicable license revocation or penalty, if the violation occurred in any of the following areas: (i) airports in the city of New York which prohibit for-hire vehicles from picking up passengers by street hail; (ii) that area of Manhattan that is south of east ninety-sixth street and south of west one hundred tenth street in which a HAIL vehicle is prohibited from picking up passengers by street hail; (iii) that area of the Bronx that is east of Jerome avenue, south of east one hundred sixty-fifth street, north of east one hundred fifty-eighth street and west of Walton avenue; (iv) that area of Brooklyn that is north of Bergen street, south of Hanson place, east of fourth avenue and west of Carlton avenue; (v) that area of Queens west of one hundred twenty-seventh street and northwest of Willets Point boulevard, north of Roosevelt avenue and southeast of Shea road; and (vi) in such other areas as the commission shall identify by rule.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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