§19-507.1(b): Persistent Violator Suspension (6–9 Points)

In short: §19-507.1(b) is the City law behind the Persistent Violator Program (PVP) suspension. If you build up 6 to 9 points within 15 months (TLC points, DMV points, or both together), TLC suspends your TLC license for up to 30 days. A point-reduction or defensive driving course can take 3 points off if you finish it in time. Ten or more points means revocation under §19-507.1(c).

What the law says

Admin Code §19-507.1(b): "Any taxicab or for-hire vehicle driver who has been found guilty of violations such that a total of six or more points but fewer than ten points have been assessed by the commission against his or her commission-issued driver's license or by the New York state department of motor vehicles or an equivalent licensing agency of the driver's state of residence ... within any fifteen-month period and whose license has not been revoked shall have his or her commission-issued driver's license suspended for up to thirty days."

Four things in that sentence matter:

1. Both point systems count together. TLC points (for example, 3 for a red light or phone use) and DMV points add up.
2. "Found guilty." Points come from convictions, not from summonses that are still open.
3. Any 15-month window. TLC's rule 80-27 says the window counts from the date of conviction.
4. "Up to" 30 days. That is the maximum length of the suspension.

Counting the 15 months: an example

Say you were convicted of a TLC red-light violation (3 points) in March 2025, and of a phone-use violation (3 points) in January 2026. That is 6 points within 15 months, so a PVP summons can follow. If the March 2025 conviction had been in May 2024 instead, the two convictions would be 20 months apart and would not add up in one window. Only convictions inside the same 15-month stretch count together, and TLC counts from the date of conviction, not the date of the ticket.

Two things change the math. A ticket that is still open has no points yet. And several tickets from one stop count only once, at the highest value. Paratransit drivers have a matching rule in chapter 56, 56-13(b)(1).

How the 3-point course credit works

§19-507.1(a) gives two separate credits:

• TLC points: completing a TLC-approved remedial or refresher course removes 3 TLC points, once in a five-year period.
• DMV points: completing a DMV-approved motor vehicle accident prevention course (a defensive driving course) removes 3 DMV points, once in an 18-month period.
• If no TLC course is available when you try to enroll, the DMV course can remove 3 PVP points either way (§19-507.1(a)(3)).
• The course must be voluntary, and a reduction does not undo a suspension or revocation already taken (§19-507.1(a)(4)).

TLC's current rule 80-27(a)(5) adds timing: to count against a PVP summons, the course must be completed before that summons is decided. If you finish it after, it counts only after you serve the suspension. See the defensive driving course guide.

How often it appears

Nearly all of these summonses (3,119) are dated 2022. Since 2023, PVP suspension summonses cite TLC rule 80-27(a)(1)(i) instead (3,124 in the catalog from 2023 to 2025). If your record shows 19-507.1(b), it is the same program under the City-law number.

Defenses written into the law

• Single incident. If several violations came from one enforcement action, only the one with the highest points counts (§19-507.1(d)).
• No duplicate points. You should not get TLC points or duplicate penalties where the same act violates both TLC rules and other law and the violations are substantively the same (§19-507.1(e)).
• Beyond your control. "It shall be an affirmative defense that the act which formed the basis for the violation was beyond the control and influence of the taxicab or for-hire vehicle driver" (§19-507.1(f)).

During a suspension

A PVP suspension stops you from driving a taxi, FHV or SHL for its length. Driving anyway is a separate violation: TLC rule 80-11(a) covers driving while your TLC license is suspended ($350 first, $500 second within 36 months, revocation on the third). TLC's rule also says it "can impose penalties that are more severe than or additional to those stated" in the PVP section, and PVP penalties come on top of the fines for the underlying tickets. Mark the end date and confirm in TLC UP that your license shows as active before you go back on the road.

What to do now

The main persistent violator guide explains how TLC and DMV points interact, and DMV points for TLC drivers covers the state side.