Legislation Details

File #: Int 1068-2026    Version: * Name: Affirmative defense for tickets issued to drivers licensed by the taxi and limousine commission for stopping and standing while assisting passengers with impaired mobility.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 9/10/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an affirmative defense for tickets issued to drivers licensed by the taxi and limousine commission for stopping and standing while assisting passengers with impaired mobility
Sponsors: Susan Zhuang, Frank Morano, Farah N. Louis, Virginia Maloney , Ty Hankerson, Kevin C. Riley
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Summary: This bill would establish an affirmative defense to tickets for stopping and standing issued to drivers licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The defense would only be available if the violation occurred when the driver was using a TLC-licensed vehicle, and was actively assisting, receiving, or discharging a passenger with impaired mobility. This defense would not be available if the driver was obstructing a fire hydrant or emergency vehicle, in a bus or bicycle lane, alongside a median, in an intersection or crosswalk, or had been stopping or standing for more than 10 minutes.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1068, 2. Int. No., 3. Memorandum in Support, 4. September 10, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1068

 

By Council Members Zhuang, Morano, Louis, Maloney, Hankerson and Riley

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an affirmative defense for tickets issued to drivers licensed by the taxi and limousine commission for stopping and standing while assisting passengers with impaired mobility

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-214 to read as follows:

§ 19-214 Affirmative defense for certain tickets issued to for-hire vehicles. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

TLC-licensed driver. The term “TLC-licensed driver” means any individual licensed by the taxi and limousine commission to drive a TLC-licensed vehicle.

TLC-licensed vehicle. The term “TLC-licensed vehicle” means any vehicle licensed by the taxi and limousine commission.

b. Affirmative defense. 1. Except as provided in subdivision c of this section, it shall be an affirmative defense to a charge for stopping or standing where stopping or standing is prohibited by a posted sign or rule if:

(a) The violation was committed by a TLC-licensed driver using a TLC-licensed vehicle; and

(b) The driver was standing or stopping for the purpose of assisting, receiving, or discharging a passenger with impaired mobility.

2. The individual charged with such a violation shall bear the burden of proof in establishing such affirmative defense.

c. Exceptions. The affirmative defense established pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall not be available where, at the time of a charge for stopping or standing, the TLC-licensed driver was stopping or standing:

1. In such a manner as to obstruct a fire hydrant;

2. In such a manner as to obstruct the transit or use of an authorized emergency vehicle;

3. In a lane designated for the exclusive use of buses or bicycles;

4. Alongside a median dividing a highway into two or more separate roadways;

5. Within an intersection, or in a crosswalk; or

6. For a duration of more than 10 minutes.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

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