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- Jurisdiction
- New York City · New York
- Level
- City
- Authority
- N.Y. Executive Law s. 24; N.Y.C. Charter; Administrative Code s. 3-108
- Issued
- 2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
- Effective
- Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-17)
- End
- s. 1 renewed by five-day extensions through 2020; s. 2 (procurement) still being extended June 30, 2021 (EEO 214 s. 1(b)) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- TLC-licensed high-volume for-hire vehicle bases and drivers
- riders
- Functions reached
- TV travel within the City
- WF workforce commuting
- DR dispatch (for-hire fleets)
- Collection
- New York City MET-NYC
Operative words
Section 1. I hereby direct that all group riding (otherwise known as 'pooled' or 'shared' rides) shall be banned effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 8pm. 'Group riding' is defined as travel in TLC licensed high volume for-hire vehicles by riders who would not otherwise travel together but are traveling on the same route. This ban shall not apply to paratransit vehicles.
Enforcement
s. 3: knowing violation of s. 1 a class B misdemeanor under Executive Law s. 24 and Admin. Code s. 3-108
Notes
Reaches Uber Pool, Lyft Shared and similar services; paratransit exempt.