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In short: From 2016 to October 12, 2026, 3,116 taxi and FHV summonses filed at OATH had a taxi stand or cruising rule from TLC §80-19 as the first charge. One rule dominates: §80-19(d)(4), joining the back of a stand's line and not overcrowding it, with 1,838 summonses (59%). Most of those came in one year: 1,069 in 2024, written almost all by TLC (1,057). Before 2021, Port Authority Police wrote nearly all §80-19(d)(4) summonses. The data does not record where a summons was written or why the numbers changed.
"Stand and cruising rules" here means TLC §80-19(a)(4) (no soliciting or cruising at the airports, within 100 feet of a taxi stand, at Lincoln Center or where cruising is banned), §80-19(b)(2)(ii) (the green cab version of the 100-foot rule), §80-19(d) (taxi stands and relief stands) and §80-19(e) (terminal stands and holding areas). FHV street-hail codes such as §80-19(c)(1) are covered in unlicensed activity summons statistics.
The numbers at a glance
Every sub-code
Airport solicitation, §80-19(a)(4)(i), is the second-biggest code. It has its own page: airport solicitation summonses. Without it, the stand and cruising codes total 2,249 summonses.
Rule text and fines are from TLC Chapter 80 (updated June 6, 2025). For example, §80-19(d)(4) reads: "A Driver must take the rear position on the line formed at a Taxi Stand (other than a relief stand) and must not overcrowd such stand." Chapter 80 marks every one of these codes "Appearance NOT REQUIRED".
Year by year
Two years stand out. 2017 had 512 summonses, driven by airport solicitation (344). 2024 had 1,184, and 1,069 of them were §80-19(d)(4). Outside those years, the total ran from 46 (2022) to 385 (2019). In 2026, up to October 12, there were 126: 56 for airport solicitation, 38 for cruising near a stand and 31 for line position.
The 100-foot rule, §80-19(a)(4)(ii), went from 3 summonses in 2022 and 2023 to 48 in 2024, 36 in 2025 and 38 so far in 2026. TLC wrote almost all of them (226 of 231 since 2016).
Who writes them: the agency split
From 2016 to 2020, Port Authority Police wrote 568 of the 607 summonses citing §80-19(d)(4), about 94%. From 2022 to October 2026, TLC wrote 1,193 of 1,221, about 98%. Across all stand and cruising codes since 2016, TLC wrote 2,164 (69%) and Port Authority Police 952 (31%). Port Authority Police also wrote 6 of the 10 §80-19(d)(5) summonses (staying on a stand off duty).
What a spike may reflect
We don't know what caused the 2024 jump, and the data can't tell us. For taxi cases, OATH's location fields are not usable, so the dataset can't show which stands or which streets were involved. The change of agency suggests that who was enforcing changed, but that is a description of the counts, not an explanation. A summons count measures enforcement activity, not how often drivers broke the rule. If you got one of these summonses, the year-by-year pattern says nothing about your case. See the 80-19(d)(4) page for the rule and what to prepare.
What the data can't tell you
- Outcomes. OATH's taxi rows leave hearing results, fines imposed and amounts paid blank. These counts are allegations, not findings.
- Place and time. No usable location, and the violation time defaults to 17:00. No map or hour-of-day chart is possible.
- Later charges. Only the first-listed charge is counted, because later charge columns mostly repeat it.
- Before 2016. This page counts summonses from 2016 on only. Earlier ones are not included.
- Updates. OATH updates daily, so totals can move by a few summonses between downloads.
Related: taxi stand rules, taxi stands by borough, passenger service summons statistics, TLC summons statistics and the places hub.
Frequently asked questions
Which taxi stand rule is cited most often?
§80-19(d)(4): take the rear position on the line and don't overcrowd the stand. It was the first charge on 1,838 summonses from 2016 to October 12, 2026, which is 59% of all summonses citing the stand and cruising rules counted here.
What happened in 2024?
Summonses citing §80-19(d)(4) jumped to 1,069 in 2024, from 26 in 2023, then fell to 74 in 2025. TLC wrote 1,057 of the 2024 summonses; Port Authority Police wrote 12. The data does not say where or why, so the cause is unknown.
Who writes taxi stand and cruising summonses?
Mostly TLC: 2,164 of 3,116 (69%) from 2016 to October 2026. Port Authority Police wrote 952 (31%). Before 2021, Port Authority Police wrote almost all §80-19(d)(4) summonses; since 2022, TLC has written almost all of them.
Is a summons the same as a guilty finding?
No. These are summonses filed at OATH, which are allegations. The OATH data for taxi cases does not show outcomes or fines paid.
Are some stand rules almost never enforced?
Yes. Several sub-codes have very few summonses: §80-19(d)(3) (repairs at a stand) had 1, §80-19(e)(2) (terminal holding areas) 2, and §80-19(d)(7) (relief stand limits) and §80-19(e)(3) (long and short haul lines) none in this period.
Sources
Last reviewed against the official sources on .
- NYC Open Data: OATH Hearings Division Case Status (jz4z-kudi), queried 2026-10-12 (charge_1_code like 80-19%, violation_date from 2016) data.cityofnewyork.us
- TLC Rule Book, Chapter 80 (Drivers), updated June 6, 2025: §80-19 nyc.gov
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