File #: Int 1069-2018    Version: Name: Debt owed by owners of medallions.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
On agenda: 8/8/2018
Enactment date: 12/29/2018 Law number: 2019/010
Title: A Local Law in relation to debt owed by owners of medallions
Sponsors: Mark Levine, Ritchie J. Torres, Brad S. Lander, Stephen T. Levin, Mark Gjonaj , Ruben Diaz, Sr., Robert F. Holden, Kalman Yeger , Ben Kallos, Adrienne E. Adams, Andrew Cohen, Costa G. Constantinides
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Summary: This bill would require the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) or another agency or office designated by the mayor to study the problem of medallion owner debt. Following the study, TLC or another agency or office would be required to determine appropriate actions to address such problem.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1069-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1069, 3. Int. No. 1069, 4. August 8, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 08-08-2018, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - August 8, 2018, 7. Committee Report 9/17/18, 8. Hearing Testimony 9/17/18, 9. Hearing Transcript 9/17/18, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1069-A - 11/21/18, 11. Committee Report 11/27/18, 12. Hearing Testimony 11/27/18, 13. Hearing Transcript 11/27/18, 14. November 28, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-28-18, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 28, 2018, 17. Int. No. 1069-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 10
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Int. No. 1069-A

 

By Council Members Levine, Torres, Lander, Levin, Gjonaj, R. Diaz, Holden, Yeger, Kallos, Adams, Cohen and Constantinides

 

A Local Law in relation to debt owed by owners of medallions

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Medallion owner debt review. a. The taxi and limousine commission or another agency or office designated by the mayor shall request and collect information from owners of medallions relating to the amount of debt owed by such owners. No later than December 1, 2019, the commission or another agency or office designated by the mayor shall issue a report to the council and the mayor detailing the information it has compiled relating to debt owed by owners of medallions.

b. Following submission of the report as required by subdivision a of section 1 of this local law, the commission shall review and consider the information it has compiled, if any, relating to debt owed by owners of medallions. The commission or an agency or office designated by the mayor shall consider actions to assist owners of medallions who owe debt relating to such medallions that may include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Providing technical assistance to medallion owners;

2. Identifying organizations that may offer assistance, including financial assistance, to medallion owners; and

3. Setting limits on the terms or amount of medallion financing.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is deemed repealed 1 year after the submission of the report required by subdivision a of section 1 of this local law.

 

NB/JJD

LS ---6866, 7258, 7367, 7394, 7396, 7459, 7883

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