LENS: Commercial Driver Qualification Monitoring in New York

License Event Notification Service (LENS) Customers is a dataset tracking entities that monitor driver qualifications via the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. It lists customers, their enrollment details, and the specific driver status changes they are configured to receive alerts for. The data is sourced from the NYS DMV Driving Record system and is available in multiple formats.

Use Cases

• Tracking customer enrollment and status using `Customer`, `Status`, and `Date Enrolled`.
• Monitoring driver additions and removals for a customer using `Latest Driver Add Date` and `Latest Driver Drop Date`.
• Analyzing notification preferences for events like convictions, suspensions, or crashes using columns like `Conviction Notification` and `Suspension Notification`.
• Verifying customer contact and location details using `Address Line 1`, `City`, `State`, and `Zip`.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov indicates established use and official status.
• Contains specific notification categories for commercial driver events, such as `Hazardous Material Endorsement Notification` and `CDL Medical Certification Status Change Notification`.
• Provides a detailed list of 23 columns describing customer profiles and monitoring configurations.

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing or conflicting: row count, size, license, and author are not provided by any source.
• The last updated date conflicts between sources, with one showing 2026-02-13 and another showing 2026-04-11.
• The dataset's temporal coverage and the frequency of updates are not documented.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Driving Record

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the operational License Event Notification Service (LENS) system.

Freshness

Last updated dates are provided but conflict: 2026-04-11 and 2026-02-13.

Geography

New York State, United States