TLC PUBLISHES LIST OF UNRESTRICTED INDEPENDENT MEDALLIONS ENTERED INTO NOVEMBER 24, 2015 ACCESSIBILITY DRAWING

To All Interested Parties:

Industry Notice #15-48
November 09, 2015

For Immediate Release

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) wishes to inform its licensees that it has published the list of medallions that will be entered into the accessibility drawing to occur on November 24, 2015.

This accessibility drawing will be limited to those unrestricted independent medallions with vehicles that are scheduled to retire between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019. The drawing will occur in two parts: the first part for medallions with vehicle retirement dates between January 1, 2019 and June 30, 2019; and the second part for medallions with vehicle retirement dates between July 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019.

The medallions selected in the drawing will be required to place an accessible vehicle into service when their current vehicle is retired (first retirement cycle). The medallions not selected in the drawing are not required to place an accessible vehicle into service when their current vehicle is retired. However, each medallion’s accessibility requirement will alternate during each subsequent retirement cycle. For example, those medallions not selected in this drawing will be required to hack up an accessible vehicle in the next (subsequent) retirement cycle.

The medallions selected in the drawing will be required to place their first accessible vehicle into service when their current vehicle is retired (first retirement cycle). The medallions not selected in the drawing are required to place their first accessible vehicle into service after their next vehicle retires.

Each medallion’s accessibility requirement will cycle so that after the first accessible vehicle retires, every other vehicle must be accessible.

The drawing will be conducted at the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission offices located at 33 Beaver Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004 at 10:00 A.M.  We encourage all interested parties to attend.  For those unable to attend, real-time video of the event will be available athttp://www.livestream.com/nyctaxi.  The TLC will post results of the drawing on its website within twenty four (24) hours.  All medallion owners entered into the drawing will then receive a letter detailing the results of the drawing and next steps.  The TLC will soon be providing detailed information about funding programs available to eligible licensees to assist with vehicle conversion costs.

Please see the TLC website or below for the complete list of medallions in this drawing:

Drawing A – Independent unrestricted medallions with vehicle retirement dates between 1/1/19 – 6/30/19

Drawing B – Independent unrestricted medallions with vehicle retirement dates between 7/1/19 – 12/31/19