Get a COVID-19 Livery Vehicle Recovery Act License

Beginning April 15, 2025, former Livery Vehicle owners whose licenses expired between March 7, 2020, and September 12, 2022 (the COVID-19 Pandemic) are eligible to apply to have their licenses reinstated under the COVID-19 Livery Vehicle Recovery Act.

Applications will be open for one year, until April 15, 2026. To reinstate your license, you must meet the following qualifications and follow all restrictions:

Qualifications:

• Your Livery Vehicle License must have expired between March 7, 2020, and September 12, 2022.
• You must have been affiliated with a livery base at the time of the expiration.

Restrictions:

• If your license was suspended or revoked at the time it expired, you may not be eligible.
• These licenses will carry the same restrictions they had when they expired. For example, a license that was restricted to an electric vehicle may only renew as an electric vehicle, and a license restricted to a wheelchair accessible vehicle may only renew as a wheelchair accessible vehicle. 
• Although the original license must have been affiliated to a livery base, licenses renewed under the Act can also be affiliated to black car and luxury bases. However, they may NOT be transferred to a high-volume for-hire base (Uber/Lyft).

If you are deemed eligible, you will be able pay a vehicle license renewal fee and upload the necessary documents online via LARS and TLCUp.

On April 15, this page will be updated with more information and will allow you to check whether you are eligible to apply for reinstatement.

For related questions, please email licensinginquiries@tlc.nyc.gov