What is a For-Hire Vehicle or FHV?
A For-Hire Vehicle is a car service that provides transportation service to customers for a fee. For Hire vehicles are taxis, black cars, limousines and other qualified vehicles used for transportation. Each type of vehicle is allowed to provide specific services.
Drivers or chauffeurs of For-Hire vehicles in New York City must be licensed by The Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Chapter 6, section 1 of TLC Rules defines a For-Hire Vehicle as:
A motor vehicle carrying passengers for-hire in the City, with a seating capacity of twenty passengers or less, excluding the driver, with three (3) or more doors, other than a taxicab, coach, wheelchair accessible van, commuter van or an authorized bus operating pursuant to applicable provisions of law, and not permitted to accept street hails from prospective passengers in the street and required to be licensed by the Commission.