If you drive an Uber, Lyft, Yellow Cab, Black Car, or any other type of taxi, you may receive a ticket from the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC violation). In addition to receiving points that may affect your privilege to drive in New York, you may also face losing your TLC license, which can destroy your livelihood. Typically, you will receive a summons directing you to appear at the OATH hearings division located at 31-00 47 Ave in Long Island City, Queens, NY. This court handles TLC matters and is different from the Traffic Violations Bureau courts that handle typical traffic violations.
One of the most serious TLC tickets you can get is for Administrative Code 19-506(b)(1).
In certain instances, a lawyer may be able to negotiate a settlement on one ticket and fight the other. For example, if the driver does not own the vehicle, a good strategy may be for the lawyer to negotiate a plea to one ticket and fight the other ticket related to the owner. The driver could then testify that the owner was unaware that his or her vehicle was being used at all, let alone for an unlicensed vehicle for hire. There is a rebuttal presumption that the vehicle owner permitted the use of his vehicle for illegal for-hire activity as is clear from TLC v Samfes Yo Corp., however, a skilled attorney may be able to present evidence that the owner, in fact, was unaware.
Speeding tickets are commonplace and it can be easy to just pay the ticket to resolve and move on without considering the consequences.
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