Brewer outlines meter, TLC transfer, insurance, and relief-stand bills
Brewer describes her bills on meters, moving oversight from DCWP to TLC, requiring third-party apps to carry liability insurance, and allowing pedicabs to use taxi relief stands. She says the goal is not to eliminate pedicabs but to make them safe, fair, and enforceable.
So we have bills.
I have bills on meters, as you heard earlier, moving the oversight from Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Third party, these individuals, these apps to carry liability insurance.
And be able to use taxi relief stands if possible.
So those are just some of the bills and there are other ones being discussed today.
We're not trying to eliminate pedicabs because they are a form of transportation just like many others.
They're a part of New York City, particularly around Central Park, Times Square, Midtown, and the Theater District.
And the chair said he just saw one in his district on the Lower East Side.
We want legitimate drivers and businesses to operate safely and fairly.
We want passengers to know what they are paying.
Right now, you have no idea.
You just have to argue.
And the city has to be able to enforce the rules.