Every owner shall maintain on file with the Police Commissioner
the owner's name, address, garage address and all business telephone
numbers listed in the owner's name and shall, within 48 hours
after a change in the owner's business address, garage address
or telephone numbers, report such change or changes to the Police
Commissioner.
Every driver of each Class A taxicab, whether owner or employee,
shall maintain a daily manifest upon which will be recorded all trips
made each day, showing the time and place of origin and the destination
of each trip, the number of passengers and the amount of fare; and
such completed manifest shall be filed in the office of the owner
by the driver at the conclusion of his respective tour of duty. The
forms of such records shall be of a character approved by the Police
Commissioner. All entries shall be made legibly upon the completion
of each engagement and signed at the end of each tour of duty by the
driver. Every owner shall retain and preserve all drivers' manifests
in a safe place for at least the calendar year next preceding the
current calendar year, and such manifests shall be available to the
Police Commissioner or to his duly appointed representative.
Every owner shall keep accurate records of receipts from operations,
operating and other expenses, capital expenditures and such other
operating information as may be required by the Police Commissioner.
Every owner shall maintain the records containing such information
and other data required by this chapter at a place readily accessible
for examination by a member of the Police Department or by a representative
of the Police Commissioner so designated for that purpose.
All accidents arising from or in connection with the operation
of vehicles licensed under this chapter which result in death or injury
to any person or in damage to any vehicle, regardless of the amount
of damage, shall be reported to the Police Commissioner within 24
hours from the time of occurrence. Accidents involving any vehicle
or person licensed under this chapter occurring outside the City of
Yonkers shall be reported to the Police Commissioner within five days,
for the purposes of the Commissioner's information only, so that
the Commissioner may determine the present condition of the vehicle
and whether the operator of the vehicle should continue as a licensed
driver of public vehicles. These reports shall be in addition to any
report which may be required by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
of the State of New York or by any other agency.
