N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 16-1016: § 16-1016 Impoundment and forfeiture.

a. Any vehicle that has been used or is being used in the violation of section 16-1003 shall be impounded by the department or the business integrity commission and shall not be released until either all removal charges and storage fees and the applicable fine have been paid or a bond has been posted in an amount satisfactory to the commissioner or as otherwise provided in subdivision c of this section. The commissioner shall have the power to establish rules concerning the impoundment and release of vehicles and the payment of removal charges and storage fees for such vehicles, including the amounts and rates thereof.

b. In addition to any other penalties provided in this section, the interest of an owner in any vehicle impounded pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be subject to forfeiture upon notice and judicial determination thereof if such owner has been convicted of or found liable for a violation of section 16-1003 in a civil or criminal proceeding or in a proceeding before the office of administrative trials and hearings, pursuant to section 1049-a of the charter two or more times, if at least two of such violations were committed within an eighteen-month period.

c. Except as hereinafter provided, the city agency having custody of a vehicle, after judicial determination of forfeiture, shall no sooner than 30 days after such determination upon a notice of at least five days, sell such forfeited vehicle at public sale. Any person, other than an owner whose interest is forfeited pursuant to this section, who establishes a right of ownership in a vehicle, including a part ownership or security interest, shall be entitled to delivery of the vehicle if such person:

(1) Redeems the ownership interest which was subject to forfeiture by payment to the city of the value thereof;

(2) Pays the reasonable expenses of the safekeeping of the vehicle between the time of seizure and such redemption; and

(3) Asserts a claim within thirty days after judicial determination of forfeiture.

d. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, establishment of a claim shall not entitle such person to delivery of the vehicle if the city establishes that the unlawful conduct for which the vehicle was seized was expressly or impliedly permitted by such person.

(L.L. 2019/199, 11/20/2019, eff. 11/20/2019)