Requirements for High-Volume For-Hire Vehicle Services and Protections for Drivers

Comment by date: August 5, 2026

Printable Version of Proposed Rule Text
DCWP-NOH-Requirements-for-HVFHV-Services-and-Protections-for-Drivers.pdf

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is proposing to add a new subchapter I to chapter 7 of Title 6 of the Rules of the City of New York to implement the provisions of Local Law 52 of 2026, which places obligations on high-volume for-hire vehicle services and establishes protections for high-volume for-hire vehicle drivers. Specifically, the new subchapter I added by these proposed rules would:
• Add definitions in section 7-901;
• Add section 7-902 to clarify Local Law 52’s coverage and to provide that any driver’s prospective waiver of rights under such law is void;
• Add section 7-903 to clarify drivers’ protections from retaliation;
• Add section 7-904 to require the production and retention of certain information necessary for implementation of Local Law 52;
• Add section 7-905 to clarify HVFHV services’ obligation to provide drivers with a progressive discipline policy and information about any disciplinary measures and their rights;
• Add section 7-906 to clarify the obligations of an HVFHV service to provide an Advance Notice of Deactivation and a Final Notice of Deactivation to drivers;
• Add section 7-907 to clarify obligations of an HVFHV service related to deactivation for a bona fide economic reason;
• Add section 7-908 to clarify obligations of an HVFHV service related to prior deactivations;
• Add section 7-909 to clarify obligations of an HVFHV service under section 20-1286 of the Administrative Code related to the provision of the Deactivation Information Packet upon deactivation;
• Add section 7-910 to establish requirements related to the transmission of the various notices required under the law and for supplementing such notices after this proposed rule is final and adopted;
• Add section 7-911 to specify reporting obligations of an HVFHV service.
• Add section 7-912 to clarify the law’s requirements concerning the informal resolution process pursuant to section 20-1287 of the Administrative Code, enforcement and remedies.

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