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Average time to conduct a safety and emissions inspection of a medallion taxi (hours:minutes)
Ensure the quality and safety of for-hire vehicle transportation services through effective regulation and administration of rules, standards, and licensing requirements. — Provide excellent customer service to licensees.
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | 0 hr 22 min | 1 hr |
| FY23 | 0 hr 23 min | 1 hr |
| FY24 | 0 hr 31 min | 1 hr |
| FY25 | 0 hr 22 min | 1 hr |
| FY26 (YTD) | 0 hr 23 min | 1 hr |
0 hr 23 min in FY26 — met the City's own target for this indicator (37 min below the 1 hr target), though it has trended in the wrong direction over the past 3 years of reported data.
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: Safety and Emissions — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The average time it takes to conduct a safety and emissions inspection of a medallion taxi; includes the time spent waiting for the inspection and the time spent on the inspection.