Prohibit high-volume for-hire vehicle services (“for-hire vehicle services”) from deactivating high-volume for-hire...
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the wrongful deactivation of high-volume for-hire vehicle drivers” Read the full text
Transportation and Infrastructure
What it does
This bill would prohibit high-volume for-hire vehicle services (“for-hire vehicle services”) from deactivating high-volume for-hire vehicle drivers (“drivers”), unless due to just cause, a bona fide economic reason, or if required to by law. For-hire vehicle services would be required to provide advance notice prior to deactivating a driver, except that they may immediately deactivate a driver in cases involving account sharing or fraud, or if the driver is alleged to have engaged in egregious misconduct such as violence, sexual harassment or assault, or discrimination. A driver may challenge their deactivation through an informal resolution process with the for-hire vehicle service, or request that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection investigate the deactivation. If the department determines that the deactivation was wrongful, the driver would be entitled to remedies including reinstatement and back pay.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Feb 28, 2024
24 sponsors. It takes 26 votes to pass. Referred to the City Council.
Public hearing · Sep 27, 2024
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Laid over in committee · Sep 27, 2024
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Public hearing · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Amended in committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Amended in committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Approved by committee · Dec 18, 2025
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Passed the full Council · Dec 18, 2025
Sent to the Mayor · Dec 18, 2025
Vetoed by the Mayor · Dec 31, 2025
Mayor
Public hearing · Jan 28, 2026
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Approved by committee · Jan 28, 2026
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Veto overridden · Jan 29, 2026
The numbers
24
sponsors, out of 26 needed to pass
Key people
Who is lobbying on this
Independent Drivers Guild, Inc.via Bender Cantone Consulting, Inc. · Labor
7 filingsUber Technologies, Inc.via ParkPoint Strategies, LLC · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
5 filingsLyft, Inc.via Lyft, Inc. · Transportation
4 filingsUber Technologies, Inc.via Uber Technologies, Inc. · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
2 filingsAARPvia AARP · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
2 filingsSafe Horizon, Inc.via Safe Horizon, Inc. · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
2 filingsUber Technologies, Inc.via WeBridge Solutions LLC · Transportation
2 filingsNew York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIOvia New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO · Labor
1 filingFrom 32 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024 to 2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
After the vote: is it being followed?
Became Local Law 52 of 2026enacted 2026-01-29
lawWhen it kicks inThis local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, provided that the commissioner of consumer and worker protection shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date, and further provided that such rules requiring that a high-volume for-hire vehicle service, as defined in section 20-1281 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section nine of the local law that added this section, provide data, documents, testimony, or other information to the department of consumer and worker protection may take effect before such date.
Build Nyc Resource Corporation - Notice Of Public Hearing - May 14th, 2026Build NYC Resource Corporation · City Record, 2026-04-30
noticeNo mandated reports catalogued for this law yetnew laws appear in the city’s required-reports catalog with a lag; rulemaking and reports may still be coming
Passing a law is not the same as following it. Report status is computed from the city’s own Government Publications catalog (a report counts as overdue only after its filing period plus a 120 day grace period). Citywide, 1,048 of 2,229 legally required reports have never been filed to the public portal.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Veto overridden (Jan 29, 2026).