Int 0993-2026
Introduction
This bill would transfer the licensing, oversight, and regulation of pedicabs from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The bill would require TLC to promulgate regulations, issue licenses to pedicab businesses and drivers, and enforce laws and regulations related to pedicabs. TLC would also be required to study and report on strategies to lower insurance premiums for pedicab businesses and drivers.
- Title
- Establishing the taxi and limousine commission’s authority over pedicabs, and to repeal subchapter 9 of chapter 2 of title 20 of such code relating to the department of consumer and worker protection’s oversight and regulation of pedicabs.
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Committee
- Committee
- Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
- Introduced
- 2026-08-13
Heard in committee
Sponsors
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
- Carl Wilson Council Member, District 3 (Manhattan)
- Julie Won Council Member, District 26 (Queens)
Money behind the sponsors
Money spent in the sponsors' 2025 election races, not on this bill. Outside spending is independent of the campaigns; PAC gifts went directly to a sponsor's campaign. NYC Campaign Finance Board.
- Gale A. Brewer 10 PAC gifts $7,450
- Julie Won 4 PAC gifts $3,650
Shared backers of the sponsors
Lobbying clients, PACs, or outside spenders tied to more than one of this bill's sponsors — through lobbying that named them, PAC gifts to their campaigns, or outside spending in their races. About the sponsors' money and lobbying, not a claim about this bill.
- Algin Management Co., LLC Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Delos Living LLC for the benefit of International WELL Building Institute PBC Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- LIVEON NY Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Big Apple Taxi Management LLC Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- The Literacy Assistance Center Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, AFT Local 2334 Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- LIC COM LLC Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Friends Of The High Line, Inc. Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- The New York Immigration Coalition Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Cozen O'Connor PAC Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors
- Doctors Council SEIU Tied to 2 of the 3 sponsors