TLC HEARINGS

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is the agency responsible for licensing and regulating New York City's medallion (yellow) taxicabs, for-hire vehicles (liveries and black cars), commuter vans, paratransit vehicles (ambulettes) and some luxury limousines. The Hon. Matthew W. Daus is the Chair of the TLC. The TLC licenses and regulates over 50,000 vehicles and approximately 100,000 drivers, performs safety and emissions inspections of approximately 12,000 medallion taxicabs three times each year, and holds numerous hearings for violations of City and TLC rules and regulations.  It is the most active taxi and limousine licensing regulatory agency in the United States. To find out more about the TLC, or to review the agency's procedures, rules and regulations and programs, you may review the constantly updated information available throughout this web site, or you may call the TLC's Customer Service Hotline at 311. You shoud be aware of the TLC's Critical Driver Program.  According to TLC guidelines, holders of both Taxicab Operators and FHV (For Hire Vehicle) licenses may be suspended if they have accrued six or more DMV license points within 15 months, and revoked if they have accrued ten or more DMV points within 15 months.  If you are thinking of retaining a lawyer, it is important that you do so prior to the hearing rather than after you have a negative outcome.  Generally, all suspensions and revocations are preceeded by a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. Upon review, if the total number of points meets either the six or ten-point thresholds, the appropriate action, whether suspension or revocation, is then taken. The TLC is not limited by considering only those violations taking place in the context of TLC-licensed activity. If you have a hearing with the TLC it may be at one of several addresses.  The Legal Department is located at: 40 Rector Street, New York, New York, 10006 on the fifth floor. The department is open 9:00 am to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, by appointment only. Please call (212) 676-1135 for appointments. It is important to appear at all TLC hearings to avoid additional penalties.  According to TLC rules, respondents can request reschedules 5 days or more in advance of hearings, for cause.  In additon, it is important to bring your TLC license to hearings to avoid additional charges. Click to go back.