FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES LOTTERY FOR 47 PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED PEDICAB REGISTRATION PLATES

February 13 Deadline for Lottery Submissions; Applications Available Online and through Requests to 311

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) today announced that it is currently accepting lottery applications for 47 pedicab registration plates. These registration plates, previously issued to companies that either surrendered them or had them revoked by DCA, are again made available per Local Law 34 of 2011’s requirements that DCA annually ensure the existence of all 850 registration plates authorized by law. Any person or company (including current pedicab drivers and pedicab business licensees who don’t already have the 30 pedicab legal maximum) can submit a lottery application for one of the available pedicab registration plates no later than close of business on February 13, 2013, with a limit of one plate request per applicant. DCA currently licenses 198 pedicab companies and 1,388 pedicab drivers.

Read the full press release: Pedicab Registration Plate Lottery News Alert