N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1220-b: Unlawful solicitation of ground transportation services at an airport

§ 1220-b. Unlawful solicitation of ground transportation services at

an airport. 1. No person shall unlawfully solicit ground transportation

services at an airport. A person unlawfully solicits ground

transportation services at an airport, when, at an airport, such person,

without being authorized to do so by the airport operator, or without

having made a prior agreement to provide ground transportation services

to a specific patron, engages or offers to engage in any business, trade

or commercial transaction involving the rendering to another person of

any ground transportation services from such airport.

2. As used in this section, the term "ground transportation service"

shall mean a service offering transportation by any vehicle, including

taxi cab, limousine, van or bus.

3. As used in this section, the term "airport" shall mean all of the

real property forming part of any facility used for the landing and

taking off of airplanes engaged in the transportation of passengers,

including without limitation, all roadways, parking areas, pedestrian

walkways and terminal buildings forming part of such facility.

4. Any person who engages in the unlawful solicitation of ground

transportation services at an airport shall be guilty of a traffic

infraction punishable by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty

dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars, or by

imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and

imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were

committed within a period of eighteen months, such person shall be

punished by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars

nor more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than

forty-five days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction

of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a

period of eighteen months, such person shall be punished by a fine of

not less than two thousand dollars nor more than three thousand dollars,

or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine

and imprisonment.