# NYC For-Hire Vehicle Leads - TLC Black Car & Livery (`pink_comic/nyc-for-hire-vehicle-driver-leads`) Actor

Search 105k active NYC TLC For-Hire Vehicles (Uber/Lyft black cars, livery and luxury, updated daily): vehicle owner name, plate, VIN, model year, hybrid/wheelchair flags, affiliated base with base phone, email/website and address. Filter by base, base type or year.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-for-hire-vehicle-driver-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 nyc for-hire vehicles

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## NYC For-Hire Vehicle Leads - TLC Black Car & Livery

Search the **NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission's list of active For-Hire Vehicles** on NYC Open Data (about 105,000 vehicles, refreshed daily). These are the TLC-plated cars that drive for Uber, Lyft, black car, livery and luxury limo bases in New York City. It is one of the most downloaded datasets on NYC Open Data (3.9M views).

Each result includes:

- vehicle owner name and TLC vehicle license number
- DMV plate, **VIN**, model year, fuel type (hybrid, electric...) and wheelchair-accessible flag
- license expiration date
- affiliated **base**: base number, name, type, **base phone**, base email/website and base address

Results are sorted by TLC vehicle license number. About 77% of vehicles are affiliated with Uber's base; use Base Names or Base Types to target independent black car, livery and luxury fleets. No API key, no CAPTCHA. Pricing: **$0.002 per vehicle + $0.0001 start**.

```json
{ "vehicleYears": ["2019", "2020"], "baseTypes": ["BLACK CAR"], "maxResults": 500 }
```

```json
{ "baseNames": ["LUXURY"], "maxResults": 100 }
```

### Use cases

Leads for commercial auto insurance, TLC car dealers and leasing (replacing aging vehicles), EV charging and fleet electrification, auto repair and body shops, driver services and accountants; base-level fleet sizing; plate/VIN verification.

### Limits

Point-in-time public data from the NYC TLC. Owner names are as registered (LAST, FIRST). The website column often holds the base's email address. There is no driver phone; the phone is the base's.

### Related

- [NYC Licensed Business Search](https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-licensed-business-search)
- [NYC DOB Licensed Contractor Leads](https://apify.com/pink_comic/nyc-dob-licensed-contractor-leads)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Quick single vehicle owner or base name search (contains match). Leave blank to browse all active vehicles.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Vehicle owner names (LAST, FIRST) or base names, contains match, case-insensitive.

## `baseNames` (type: `array`):

Contains match on the affiliated base, e.g. 'UBER', 'LYFT', 'CARMEL', 'DIAL 7'.

## `baseNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact TLC base numbers, e.g. 'B03404'.

## `baseTypes` (type: `array`):

'BLACK CAR', 'LIVERY' or 'LUXURY'.

## `vehicleYears` (type: `array`):

Exact model years, e.g. '2019', '2020' (useful for vehicle replacement leads).

## `vehicleTypes` (type: `array`):

TLC vehicle code, e.g. 'HYB' (hybrid), 'BEV' (electric), 'CNG', 'DSE'.

## `plates` (type: `array`):

Exact DMV plate numbers, e.g. 'T117661C'.

## `vins` (type: `array`):

Exact 17-character VINs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total paid dataset items, split across search terms. The default returns 10 vehicles (about $0.0201 including the start event).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "baseNames": [],
  "baseNumbers": [],
  "baseTypes": [],
  "vehicleYears": [],
  "vehicleTypes": [],
  "plates": [],
  "vins": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "baseNames": [],
    "baseNumbers": [],
    "baseTypes": [],
    "vehicleYears": [],
    "vehicleTypes": [],
    "plates": [],
    "vins": [],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/nyc-for-hire-vehicle-driver-leads").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "query": "",
    "names": [],
    "baseNames": [],
    "baseNumbers": [],
    "baseTypes": [],
    "vehicleYears": [],
    "vehicleTypes": [],
    "plates": [],
    "vins": [],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/nyc-for-hire-vehicle-driver-leads").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "",
  "names": [],
  "baseNames": [],
  "baseNumbers": [],
  "baseTypes": [],
  "vehicleYears": [],
  "vehicleTypes": [],
  "plates": [],
  "vins": [],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call pink_comic/nyc-for-hire-vehicle-driver-leads --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pink_comic/nyc-for-hire-vehicle-driver-leads"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kC4U6exvAJ2IwZ9dU/builds/qA9hNdceVTofXghaJ/openapi.json