Epstein asks how many TLC officers conduct street enforcement
Epstein asks how many TLC staff issue summonses on the streets. Goldapper says the enforcement division has about 130 officers, with about 85 in street enforcement, far fewer than needed to end unlicensed for-hire activity.
Yeah, so how many people do you have issuing summonses?
How many people are out on the streets of New York?
So the enforcement division within TLC's Uniformed Services Bureau has about 130 officers, including supervisors, managers, trainers, investigators.
How many would be street enforcement staff?
So about 85.
85 for the city?
Correct.
So it's 85 more than DCWP.
But far fewer, but far less than needed to end unlicensed for hire activity within the taxi and for hire vehicle.
That's a good budget conversation for us in the spring for sure, to make sure that we want to make it fair for people who are, you know, getting unlicensed, who are protected from unlicensed vehicles.