Senate Bill S7348

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed police officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 1 Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-506, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5723
2017-2018: S6202
2019-2020: S2588
2021-2022: S4572
2023-2024: S3083

2025-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission.

2025-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7348
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of
   the New York city taxi and limousine commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision l of section 19-506 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of  2012,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   l.  A  person  is  guilty of [unlawful] UNLAWFULLY fleeing [a New York
 city taxi and limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION  or  A
 police  officer  when,  knowing  that  [he  or she] SUCH PERSON has been
 directed to remain stopped by [a New York city taxi  and  limousine]  AN
 enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A police officer, the driver of
 a vehicle [operating pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone
 where  he  or  she is not permitted to pick up street hails] LICENSED BY
 THE COMMISSION thereafter attempts to flee such officer ON  FOOT  OR  by
 setting the vehicle in motion and either [travels] TRAVELLING over three
 hundred  feet  without stopping or [engages] ENGAGING in conduct consti-
 tuting reckless driving as defined in section twelve hundred  twelve  of
 the  vehicle  and traffic law. [Unlawful] UNLAWFULLY fleeing [a New York
 city taxi and limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION  or  A
 police  officer  is  a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
 seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand  dollars,  or  by
 imprisonment  of  not  more  than  ninety  days or by both such fine and
 imprisonment. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any  charge
 alleging  a  violation  of this subdivision shall be returnable before a
 court having jurisdiction over misdemeanors.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05540-01-5

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