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Int 1489-2019

Requiring high-volume for-hire services, dispatch service providers and bases to report complaints about drivers concerning passenger safety to the taxi and limousine commission.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 2019-03-28

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2019-03-28Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require all for-hire vehicle services, including high-volume for-hire services, dispatch service providers and bases to report drivers to the Taxi and Limousine Commission when they receive a passenger complaint about a driver that concerns passenger safety.

Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.

How it compares

30% of similar bills passed

15 passed · 35 died

This bill: 1009 days in committee

Similar bills: median 852 days · 62 days when passed

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Sponsors (3)

Deborah L. Rose(prime)
Helen K. Rosenthal
Karen Koslowitz

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2019-03-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-553 to read as follows: � 19-553 Reporting passenger safety complaints. A high-volume for-hire vehicle service, dispatch service provider, or base shall report to the commission any complaint submitted to such service by a passenger that involves a driver's conduct which poses a risk to a passenger's safety. Such complaint shall be reported by a for-hire vehicle service to the commission within 24 hours of such for-hire vehicle service's receipt of such complaint. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date. JEF LS #8974 01/11/2019 1 1