§ 59D-05 Licensing – Special Requirements.
RCNY § 59
(a)List of Bases. An Applicant for a High-Volume For-Hire Service License that is not a renewal Applicant must submit a list of the Bases through which it dispatched trips during the two years preceding the date the application is submitted.
(b)Business Plan. An Applicant for a High-Volume For-Hire Service License must submit a business plan for approval by the Commission with each application for a new or renewal License or for a change of ownership of the High-Volume For-Hire Service License. The business plan must include: (1) Trip Volumes.
(i)For Renewal Applicants and Applicants during the Initial High-Volume For-Hire Service Issuance Period: the number of trips the Applicant dispatched, including through a Base, during the previous calendar year (ii) For all Applicants: an estimate of the number of trips per day the Applicant expects to dispatch upon receipt or renewal of a License and for the two calendar years immediately following the issuance or renewal of the License.
(2)Vehicle Count. The number of For-Hire Vehicles, including number of wheelchair-accessible For-Hire Vehicles, the Applicant expects to operate in accordance with the business plan submitted pursuant to this subdivision.
(3)Service Area. The geographic area(s) in the City the Applicant intends to serve.
(4)Accessibility Requirements.
(ii)For Renewal Applicants: a demonstration that the Applicant is in compliance with the accessibility requirements contained in 35 RCNY § 59B-17(c).
(c)Impact Analysis. An Applicant for a High-Volume For-Hire Service License must submit an analysis, in a format prescribed by the Commission, assessing the impact of the Applicant's proposed operation on the environment. Such statement must include an assessment of the High-Volume For-Hire Service's impact on traffic congestion, local transportation including public transit, private motor vehicles and other modes of transit, and noise.
(1)To the extent the Applicant's proposed operation has negative impacts on the environment that cannot be corrected within 90 days of the day the application is filed, the Applicant must propose a corrective action plan for approval by the Commission, outlining the manner and the time in which the Applicant will mitigate such negative impacts.
(d)Driver Payments and Earnings. An Applicant for a High-Volume For-Hire Service must submit a description of all deductions, including any commissions, lease fees and other charges, which such Applicant, or the Bases through which the Applicant dispatches trips, proposes to charge either the For-Hire Vehicle Owner or the Driver, or both, as applicable, together with an estimate of the average gross hourly earnings of a Driver, based upon actual or anticipated trips and fares. The Applicant must certify that it will not impose any charge or deduction on a For-Hire Vehicle Owner or Driver that has not been submitted to the Commission.
(f)High-Volume For-Hire Services must comply with the requirements set forth in subdivision (c) of 35 RCNY § 59D-13. (Added City Record 12/11/2018, eff. 1/10/2019; amended City Record 8/19/2019, eff. 9/18/2019; amended City Record 6/30/2021, eff. 7/30/2021; amended City Record 10/30/2023, eff. 11/29/2023; amended City Record 2/4/2025, eff. 3/6/2025)
