| How To Get A Hack License In New York City | | | | will not be issued to any person not |
| | | | completing the test. |
| A New York City Taxi Drivers License is | | | | |
| called a "Hack License". The "Hack" license | | | | • The only pre-licensing approved drug |
| allows the holder / driver to operate a | | | | testing center is at 31-00 47th Ave. Long |
| Yellow Medallion Taxicab in New York City. | | | | Island City NY 11101. |
| Only Yellow Taxicabs are allowed to pick up | | | | |
| passengers hailing from the street. The Hack | | | | • It is open Monday through Friday from |
| license, issued through The New York City | | | | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. |
| Taxi & Limousine Commission, is the only | | | | |
| license for operating a Yellow Taxicab. | | | | • Payment must be by money order made |
| | | | payable to Lab Corp. Inc. |
| There are other licenses issued by the New | | | | |
| York City Taxi & Limousine Commission for car | | | | • Failing the drug test will result in |
| service and limousines but they can not be | | | | a licensing standards hearing conducted by |
| used to operate the Yellow Taxicab. The Hack | | | | the NYC T&LC. The application for the Hack |
| license however can be used to operate a | | | | License may be denied a license may not be |
| limousine or car service vehicle. This fact | | | | issued in this case. |
| makes the Hack License the most valuable of | | | | |
| NYC T&LC issued operator licenses, as well as | | | | NYC requires mandatory pre-license training |
| the most prestigious. | | | | for all New York City taxi drivers. The |
| | | | training is conducted by approved training |
| There are approximately 44,000 drivers | | | | institutions. The minimum training |
| carrying a Hack License in New York City | | | | requirement is a twenty-four hour program. A |
| today. | | | | three day course, consisting of three eight |
| | | | hour components. Geography/Map Reading, Rules |
| HOW TO GET A HACK LICENSE IN NYC | | | | and Regulations / Defensive Driving and |
| | | | Customer Service are some of the topics of |
| The Process and Requirements | | | | study. |
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| • All applicants for a New York City | | | | There is a separate course consisting of |
| Taxi Hack License must be no less than | | | | Eighty Hours of classroom study requiring |
| nineteen (19) Years of age | | | | nine eight hour days of classroom training, |
| | | | and one day of testing. The Eighty-hour |
| • Applicants are required to have, a | | | | Program is the program on which the New York |
| Class A, B, C, or E N.Y. State Drivers | | | | City Taxi driver test is based. |
| License, or a license from New Jersey, | | | | |
| Connecticut or Pennsylvania of a similar | | | | Other programs, for how to get a hack license |
| class. | | | | which have no time constraints are also |
| | | | available. The most prominent program is |
| • Most licenses in New York State are | | | | conducted by Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. The |
| Class D. | | | | programs are unlimited in length, so long as |
| | | | the student maintains a regular schedule at |
| • To change a license from a class D to | | | | the school. |
| a class E one must go to the Department of | | | | |
| Motor Vehicles and pay an upgrade fee. | | | | Other unlimited programs include all for the |
| | | | New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission |
| • There will be no test. | | | | application process. Persons utilizing credit |
| | | | cards make use of this option to have Master |
| • The fee will be approximately fifty | | | | Cabbie Taxi Academy make the fee's available |
| dollars. | | | | when the student is ready for each phase of |
| | | | the Hack licensing process. This removes the |
| An applicant may not have outstanding | | | | need to purchase money orders for which only |
| parking, or traffic summonses. Money owed to | | | | cash can be used. |
| the New York City for parking or traffic | | | | |
| violations must be paid, or a documented | | | | The taxi driver test for how to get a hack |
| settlement agreement with the appropriate | | | | license in New York City consists of two |
| agency must be presented to the NYC T&LC | | | | parts. It is administered by the New York |
| licensing division at the time of | | | | City Taxi & Limousine Commission each week at |
| application. | | | | the Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. |
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| Applicants for a New York City Taxi Hack | | | | • The Hack License applicant must |
| License must be citizens, or legal residents | | | | successfully complete an English Proficiency |
| of the United States. | | | | as part of the exam. It is a low level ESL |
| | | | exam for basic, English proficiency, |
| All applicants for a "Hack License" are | | | | consisting of four parts. There are thirty |
| required to attend a New York State | | | | questions, fifteen of which are fill-ins, and |
| certified, six-hour Defensive Driving Course. | | | | fifteen of which are multiple choice. An |
| | | | applicant must score twenty-one correctly to |
| • This defensive driving class must be | | | | pass the exam. Applicants failing the exam |
| attended within six months of the date of | | | | are allowed to sit for a second exam on |
| application to the New York City Taxi & | | | | another date. Applicants failing the exam for |
| Limousine Commission for the Hack License. | | | | a second time must submit a new application |
| | | | to the New York City Taxi & Limousine |
| • The number one provider of defensive | | | | Commission if they wish to continue the |
| driving courses for New York City Taxi | | | | process of obtaining a New York City Hack |
| Drivers is the Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. | | | | License. |
| Classes are available six days per week. The | | | | |
| price ( On 10/29/07) is $45. or $39. with | | | | • The final step in the process of How |
| online registration. | | | | To Get A Hack License in NYC is, The New York |
| | | | City Taxi Operators exam. The Taxi Operators |
| Applicants are required to complete Form B of | | | | exam consists of two parts. One part is open |
| the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission | | | | book and the other is closed book. Part One |
| Taxi Drivers Application. This must be | | | | consists of ten questions. The applicant is |
| completed by a certified Medical Doctor. | | | | allowed to use a Five (5) Borough New York |
| | | | City Atlas and a Street address locator |
| • The application must be submitted in | | | | during this portion of the exam. For this |
| person to the New York City Taxi & Limousine | | | | portion of the exam forty-five minutes is |
| Commission at either 32-02 Queens Blvd. Long | | | | allowed. |
| Island City N.Y. 11101 Monday through Friday | | | | |
| 9AM to 4PM. | | | | • Part Two of the New York City Taxi |
| | | | Operators exam allows the applicant |
| • A secondary location for submission | | | | seventy-five minutes and consists of forty |
| is in Staten Island. Open Monday, Tuesday and | | | | questions. Approximately twelve questions |
| Thursdays at 1893 Richmond Terrace Staten | | | | will pertain to rules and regulations and |
| Island NY 10302. | | | | defensive driving questions. The remaining |
| | | | twenty-eight questions will pertain to |
| • No walk-ins are permitted at the | | | | geography, landmarks, highways, air, bus and |
| Staten Island Location. | | | | train terminals, etc. Applicants must answer |
| | | | thirty-five questions correctly, scoring |
| • For an appointment call: | | | | seventy percent, or better, to pass the exam. |
| 212-227-6324. | | | | Applicants failing the exam are allowed to |
| | | | sit for a second exam on another date. |
| • At the time of application the | | | | Applicants failing the exam for a second time |
| applicant will be required to pay a sixty | | | | must submit a new application to the New York |
| dollar application fee by money order made | | | | City Taxi & Limousine Commission if they wish |
| payable to the NYC TLC. | | | | to continue the process. |
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| • At the time of application the | | | | Taxi drivers in New York City earn as much as |
| applicant is also required to pay a | | | | one thousand dollars per week and more. |
| seventy-five dollar fingerprinting fee by | | | | |
| money order made payable to N.Y.S.D.C.J.S. | | | | If you wish to apply for a New York City Hack |
| | | | License you should contact Master Cabbie Taxi |
| Applicants for a Hack License are required to | | | | Academy. At: 718-472-1699 or 1-800-955-TAXI. |
| be tested for illegal drugs. A Hack License | | | | |