Int. No. 20-A
By Council Members Brewer, Rivera, Louis, Restler, Schulman, Ung, Bottcher, Abreu, Hanif, Narcisse, Marte, Caban, Brannan, Hudson, Dinowitz and Gutiérrez
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the bicycle safety course required for bicycle operators and suspension and revocation of a license issued to third-party food delivery services
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions c and d of section 10-157 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 91 for the year 2017, are amended to read as follows:
c. (1) A business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must assign to each of its bicycle operators a [three digit] unique identification number[, except that the department of transportation may promulgate a rule to require an identification number with four or more digits]. The department of transportation may promulgate rules to ensure each identification number is unique. Such business must issue to each of its bicycle operators an identification card that contains the name, identification number and photo of the bicycle operator and the name, address and telephone number of such business.
(2) A bicycle operator shall carry such identification card while making deliveries or otherwise operating a bicycle on behalf of any such business. A bicycle operator shall be required to produce such identification card upon the demand of an authorized employee of the police department or department of transportation or any other person authorized by law.
d. A business using a bicycle for commercial purposes shall maintain a roster of its bicycle operators for a period of at least 1 year. Such roster shall include for each such bicycle operator: name; [home address; start date; discharge date, if applicable;] identification number; and date of completion of the bicycle safety course required by paragraph 3 of subdivision e of this section. Such roster shall be made available for inspection upon request of an authorized employee of the [police department or] department of transportation [or any other person authorized by law].
§ 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 10-157 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 91 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Each bicycle operator shall complete a bicycle safety course prior to making deliveries or otherwise operating a bicycle on behalf of a business using a bicycle for commercial purposes. For purposes of this section, "bicycle safety course" shall mean information provided by the department of transportation regarding safe bicycling [and], adherence to traffic and commercial bicycle laws, safe and lawful operation of a powered bicycle, as defined in section 20-609, and lithium-ion battery and charging safety.
§ 3. Subdivision i of section 10-157 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 91 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows:
i. (1) A business using a bicycle for commercial purposes shall provide for and require each of its bicycle operators to wear[, and each such bicycle operator shall wear,] a retro-reflective jacket, vest, or other wearing apparel on the upper part of such operator's body as the outermost garment while making deliveries or otherwise operating a bicycle on behalf of such business, the back of which shall indicate such business's name and such bicycle operator's individual identification number as assigned pursuant to subdivision c of this section in lettering and numerals not less than one inch in height so as to be plainly readable at a distance of not less than ten feet.
(2) Each such bicycle operator shall wear such retro-reflective jacket, vest, or other wearing apparel as described by paragraph 1 of this subdivision.
§ 4. Section 20-563.9 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 113 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
§ 20-563.9 Denial, renewal, suspension and revocation of license. In addition to any powers of the commissioner and not in limitation thereof, the commissioner may deny or refuse to renew any license required under this subchapter and may suspend or revoke any such license, after due notice and opportunity to be heard, if the applicant or licensee, or, where applicable, any of its officers, principals, directors, members, managers, employees, or stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation, is found to have:
a. Committed two or more violations of any provision of this subchapter or any rules promulgated thereunder in the preceding two years;
b. Made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the filing of any application pursuant to this subchapter;
c. Committed two or more violations of chapter five of title twenty of this code and any rules promulgated thereunder in the preceding two years; [or]
d. Committed two or more violations of chapter fifteen of title twenty of this code and any rules promulgated thereunder in the preceding two years;
e. Committed three or more violations of paragraph 1 of subdivision c of section 10-157; subdivision d of section 10-157; paragraph 1 of subdivision e of section 10-157; paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 10-157; subdivision f of section 10-157; or paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 10-157, within a 2 year period, provided that violation of any rule promulgated pursuant to each such provision constitutes a violation of such provision; or
f. Committed six or more violations of any provision of paragraph 1 of subdivision c of section 10-157; subdivision d of section 10-157; paragraph 1 of subdivision e of section 10-157; paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 10-157; subdivision f of section 10-157; or paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 10-157, or of any rule promulgated by the department of transportation pursuant to each such provision within a 2 year period.
§ 5. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, except that section four of this local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law.
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