Taxi Complaint

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You can report a problem with a yellow or green taxi driver or vehicle, including:

Using a cell phone while driving, even if it’s a hands-free headset
Overcharging or demanding tips
Refusing to accept a credit card, demanding an extra fee to use a card, or requesting that a card be swiped again after payment was confirmed
Not using E-Z Pass for tolls
Refusing to pick you up
Refusing your request to change how the radio, air conditioner, or heater is set
Unsafe driving
Route complaints
Being discourteous or rude
Not displaying a license, or displaying someone else's license
A dirty condition or bad odor in the vehicle, including cigarette smoke and body odor
Broken or missing air conditioner, heater, credit card machine, information screen, lights, windows, or seatbelts

Report a problem with a driver, if you were a passenger.

Report a problem with a driver, if you were NOT a passenger.

Report a problem with a vehicle.

What Happens Next

For the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) to take action against a driver, you must participate in a hearing.

If you live in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, you may participate in person at 31-00 47th Avenue in Queens or by phone. If you live somewhere else, you may participate by phone.

If you decline a hearing, your complaint will be sent to the TLC, but no action will be taken against the driver.

Passenger information is not provided to a driver unless there are legal proceedings after a TLC hearing.

You can make a complaint that a taxi driver or taxi was not safe for a person with a disability.

Taxi drivers are trained to safely load, secure, and unload passengers who have disabilities. A Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle's equipment must be in working order.

You can make a complaint about:

Untrained drivers, including:
- Inability, failure, or refusal to load, unload, or secure passengers, or doing so improperly
- Not providing space or proximity to the curb or sidewalk for safe entry and exit of passengers
- Improper or lack of use of ramp, securing, and any wheelchair accessible vehicle equipment
- Failure to comply with reasonable passenger requests or provide curb-to-curb service
Broken or faulty Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle equipment
Injuries sustained by passengers with disabilities
Abandoning passengers with disabilities
Dropping passengers at incorrect location
Failure to comply with any reasonable passenger request including but not limited to, unloading personal belongings or mobility aids from the vehicle, retrieving a dropped item inside or directly outside the vehicle, assisting passenger to the sidewalk
Failure to provide curb-to-curb service
Other accessibility or safety related complaints about the vehicle or driver

Report a taxi that is unsafe for a person with a disability, if you were the passenger.

Report a taxi that is unsafe for a person with a disability, if you were not the passenger.

You can make a safety or equipment complaint about a TLC taxi arranged by Access-A-Ride.

Access-A-Ride (AAR) takes service-related complaints from their customers. These complaints include a long wait for a TLC taxi that was arranged by Access-A-Ride. To make a complaint about Access-A-Ride service, visit the Access-A-Ride page.

The Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) takes complaints about safety and equipment issues for trips that were booked through Access-A-Ride, when AAR dispatched a TLC taxi.

You can make a complaint about:

Untrained drivers who fail to properly use the equipment in the taxi (for example, to secure a passenger who uses a wheelchair)
Broken or faulty Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle equipment
Injuries sustained by passengers with disabilities
Other safety or equipment complaints about the vehicle or driver

Report a taxi that is unsafe for an Access-A-Ride customer, if you were the passenger.

Report a taxi that is unsafe for an Access-A-Ride customer, if you were not the passenger.

On November 1, 2020, a new seat belt law went into effect in New York State. All drivers and passengers must buckle up regardless of age or where they sit in the vehicle.

Wearing a seatbelt is required in personal cars and when riding in a taxi or for-hire vehicle (FHV), including on app-based trips.

The penalty for a seat belt violation is a fine of up to $50 for the passenger and up to $100 and 3 points for the driver if a child under 16 is not properly buckled.

If you are riding with a child in a taxi or for-hire vehicle, you are encouraged to bring your own car seat. The driver must allow you to install your car seat.