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TLC help by borough & airport
Where you drive changes which rules come up most. These pages cover borough-specific information and the airport rules drivers ask about.
Boroughs
5Pay & feesBronx TLC Guide: Westchester Fares, Hails & OATH 161st StDriving in the Bronx: how taxi fares to Westchester must be charged, when you may refuse, green cab hail rules, and why OATH's Bronx office takes no payments.Read OATH hearingsBrooklyn TLC Drivers: Hail Rules, Tolls & OATH Bond StreetBrooklyn is 98% app trips and all Hail Zone for green cabs. Pickup rules, the bridge tolls passengers pay, and how to handle a hearing at OATH Bond Street.Read EnforcementManhattan TLC Rules: Hail Zones, Surcharges & OATH OfficeWhere the 96th/110th Street hail line, the congestion surcharge and the 60th Street toll apply, which pickups bring $500 fines, and Manhattan's OATH office.Read LicensingQueens: TLC's LIC Office, Woodside Inspections & OATHQueens is where TLC business gets done: the Long Island City licensing, cashier and settlement office, OATH Queens, Woodside inspections and Nassau fares.Read OATH hearingsStaten Island TLC Drivers: OATH, Tolls & New Jersey TripsStaten Island is almost all app trips. Who pays the Verrazzano toll, how to charge New Jersey and Newark fares, and OATH St. Marks Place hearing deadlines.Read
Airports
3EnforcementJFK Airport Rules for TLC Drivers: Flat Fare, Lots & FinesWorking JFK as a taxi or app driver: what the $70 flat fare includes, taxi line and holding lot rules, the $500 FHV pickup fine, and Port Authority policing.Read EnforcementLaGuardia Airport TLC Rules: Fares, App Pickups & SummonsesLaGuardia is now NYC's busiest TLC pickup airport, 79% app-based. The $5 LGA surcharge, the FHV dispatch rule, and what Port Authority Police write most.Read Pay & feesNewark Airport Trips for NYC TLC Drivers: Fare & RulesHow to charge a NYC taxi trip to Newark Airport: meter plus $20 and tolls both ways, what to tell the rider, when you may refuse, and the rules at EWR.Read
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