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  1. GlossaryHack License: The TLC Driver License, Explained'Hack license' is NYC slang for the TLC Driver License. Who qualifies, the 3-year term, renewal deadlines, and why driving on an expired one is risky./glossary/hack-license Licensing
  2. GlossaryHack-UpTo hack up is to outfit a car as a yellow taxi and get TLC approval to run it on a medallion. Since Oct 18, 2024, every hack-up must be an accessible car./glossary/hack-up Vehicles & bases
  3. GlossaryHail Exclusionary Zone (TLC): Exact BoundariesManhattan south of E 96th St and W 110th St plus the NYC airports: where green cabs can't take hails. Exact rule text, who it affects, penalties./glossary/hail-exclusionary-zone Zones & places
  4. GlossaryHail Zone (Green Cab Zone): What It CoversThe Hail Zone is where NYC green cabs may take street hails: the whole city except Manhattan below E 96th/W 110th St and the airports. What is allowed there./glossary/hail-zone Zones & places
  5. GlossaryHearing Officer (OATH): Who Decides Your TLC SummonsThe Hearing Officer is the OATH official who decides most TLC summonses. What they can do, the proof TLC must bring, and their power to reduce a penalty./glossary/hearing-officer OATH hearings
  6. GlossaryHigh-Volume For-Hire Service (HVFHS): MeaningHVFHS is TLC's license for app companies dispatching 10,000+ trips a day — today Uber and Lyft. The legal test, its history, and what it means for drivers./glossary/high-volume-for-hire-service Pay & fees
  7. GlossaryHVFHS License Number (HV0003, HV0005)HV0003 is Uber and HV0005 is Lyft: the TLC license numbers of high-volume app companies in trip data. Old codes HV0002 (Juno), HV0004 (Via), and B-numbers./glossary/hvfhs-license-number Apps & bases
  8. GlossaryILDBF: Independent Livery Driver Benefit FundThe ILDBF is the livery-base workers' comp fund created in 2008. It covers only serious injuries and crimes against drivers. How it differs from the BCF./glossary/ildbf Pay & fees
  9. GlossaryIndependent Contractor (Driver): What It MeansMost NYC TLC drivers are independent contractors, not employees. But some laws treat you like one: workers' comp, NYC human rights law, unemployment./glossary/independent-contractor Driver rights
  10. GlossaryIndependent Medallion (NYC Taxi)An independent medallion is a NYC taxi license whose owner may hold only one medallion. TLC's rule, who can buy one, and the special rules that come with it./glossary/independent-medallion Medallions
  11. GlossaryInterior Advertising Provider (IAP)An Interior Advertising Provider is a TLC-licensed company that puts ad tablets in for-hire cars and must pay drivers at least 25% of the tablet's revenue./glossary/interior-advertising-provider Pay & fees
  12. GlossaryIVCS: Taxi In-Vehicle Camera System ExplainedIVCS is the TLC-approved camera inside a taxi or green cab: 1 image a second, 30-day retention, and footage only through the owner or installer. Plain rules./glossary/ivcs Safety & points
  13. GlossaryJust Cause (Deactivation): Meaning in NYC LawJust cause is the standard NYC's blocked deactivation law sets before Uber or Lyft can remove a driver: the definition, 7 factors and progressive discipline./glossary/just-cause Apps & bases
  14. GlossaryLanguage Access (TLC)Language access means TLC must serve people with limited English: free interpreters, translated licensing papers and a way to complain. What it covers./glossary/language-access Licensing
  15. GlossaryLease Cap (Taxi): Meaning for NYC TLC DriversA lease cap is the most a taxi owner may legally charge for a shift or week: $105 a day shift, up to $129 a night shift, $630–$737 a week. What it includes./glossary/lease-cap Pay & fees
  16. GlossaryLease-to-Own (Conditional Purchase)A lease-to-own deal means part of each payment buys the car. What TLC rules require for FHV and taxi deals, and the FHV license exception that closed in 2023./glossary/lease-to-own-conditional-purchase Vehicles & bases
  17. GlossaryLicensee Snapshot (TLC UP): What It ShowsThe Licensee Snapshot is the status panel at the top of TLC UP: license status, expiration date and, for vehicles, insurance and last passed inspection./glossary/licensee-snapshot Licensing
  18. GlossaryLivery (TLC): Car Service Definition & RulesA livery is an FHV tied to a livery base: the neighborhood car service. How it differs from black cars and green cabs, its fare rules, and the Livery Fund./glossary/livery Vehicles & bases
  19. GlossaryLow-Income Discount Plan (LIDP)LIDP is an MTA E-ZPass plan: half-price peak congestion tolls from the 11th trip each month for eligible low-income car owners. What the term means./glossary/low-income-discount-plan Tolls & E-ZPass
  20. GlossaryLuxury Limousine: TLC Meaning for DriversIn TLC rules a Luxury Limousine is any FHV tied to a luxury limousine base: pre-arranged, 20 seats or fewer, mostly non-cash. Why the label matters to you./glossary/luxury-limousine Vehicles & bases