Taxicab driver pay for electronically dispatched taxicab trips.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced Feb 28, 2024
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to taxicab driver pay for electronically dispatched taxicab trips” Read the full text
Transportation and Infrastructure
What it does
This bill would require that, for any taxi trip provided by an e-hail application, the e-hail application provider pay the driver an amount at least equal to that which the driver would have received had the passenger been retrieved through a traditional street hail and the metered rate of pay been in effect.
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 by Council · Feb 28, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council · Feb 28, 2024
Laid Over by Committee · Sep 27, 2024
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Hearing Held by Committee · Sep 27, 2024
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025
Official documents
Summary of Int. No. 277
officialInt. No. 277
officialFebruary 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
officialHearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24
officialMinutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2024
officialCommittee Report 9/27/24
officialHearing Testimony 9/27/24
officialHearing Transcript 9/27/24
officialStraight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.
The numbers
9
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Shekar KrishnanShahana K. HanifLinda LeeChris BanksShaun AbreuJulie WonCrystal HudsonAlexa AvilésTiffany L. Cabán
Who is lobbying on this
Uber Technologies, Inc.via WeBridge Solutions LLC · Transportation
2 filingsAARPvia AARP · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filingCenter for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Inc.via Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Inc. · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filingMetropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, Incvia CMW Strategies LLC · Transportation
1 filingCurb Mobility, LLCvia Greenberg Traurig, LLP · Transportation
1 filingNew York Civil Liberties Union, Inc.via New York Civil Liberties Union, Inc. · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filingUber Technologies, Inc.via Uber Technologies, Inc. · Technology, Telecommunications & Other Media
1 filingFrom 8 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024). 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.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025).