All topics / Basic Services for All New Yorkers / Taxi and Limousine Commission
Patrol summonses issued for illegal street hails for drivers and vehicle owners
Ensure the quality and safety of for-hire vehicle transportation services through effective regulation and administration of rules, standards, and licensing requirements. — Ensure all vehicles operating for-hire follow TLC rules and regulations.
TLC attributes the Fiscal 2024 drop in street-hail summonses to enforcement staffing limitations, as the agency hadn't hired a new class of enforcement officers since before the pandemic. Summonses rebounded in Fiscal 2025 after TLC's Enforcement Division shifted focus toward unlicensed for-hire activity and interagency operations targeting illegal activity.
Researched July 16, 2026 — TLC, Fiscal 2024 Mayor's Management Report, TLC, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
View as table
| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 2,056 summonses |
| FY23 | 1,172 summonses |
| FY24 | 749 summonses |
| FY25 | 1,058 summonses |
| FY26 (YTD) | 679 summonses |
| FY26 (projected) | ~905 summonses |
Why this is tracked
Mayor John Lindsay created the Taxi and Limousine Commission in 1971 through Local Law 12, taking taxi and for-hire vehicle regulation away from the NYPD's Hack Bureau, which had overseen the industry since 1925 but struggled with rising complaints about unsafe vehicles and driver misconduct as the industry grew. Today TLC licenses and inspects drivers and vehicles, requiring fingerprinting, drug testing, driver education, and ongoing vehicle inspections, and it enforces those standards through a dedicated Uniformed Services Bureau. The agency has also had its own controversies, including a role in years of medallion price inflation that a state investigation later scrutinized.
Wikipedia - New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, TLC - Licensing and Standards
Source: Enforcement — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The number of summonses issued to licensed vehicle drivers, and vehicle owners, who are not authorized to pick up street hails yet do so – i.e., 1) drivers/vehicle owners of commuter and paratransit vans; 2) drivers/vehicle owners of street hail liveries (Boro taxis) that pick up street hails in the Exclusionary Zone; and 3) any other driver/vehicle owner who does not have a medallion and picks up a street hail. (Note: Through June 2013 only medallion drivers were legally allowed to pick up street hails.)