NYC TLC Medallion Drivers: Active and in Good Standing

Medallion Drivers - Active is a daily-updated list of New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) medallion drivers who are currently active and in good standing. The dataset includes driver names, license types, and expiration dates, with timestamps for the last update. It is published by the City of New York and is available on multiple government data platforms.

Use Cases

• Verifying driver eligibility for employment using License Number and Expiration Date
• Monitoring license type distribution across the fleet using the Type column
• Auditing dataset freshness and update cycles using Last Date Updated and Last Time Updated
• Identifying individual drivers for official inquiries using the Name and License Number fields

Strengths

• Updated daily between 4–7 PM, ensuring high recency for compliance checks
• Published by the authoritative source, the NYC TLC, via data.cityofnewyork.us
• Available on multiple government platforms (Socrata, Data.gov), indicating official importance

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and explicit license are missing from all provided sources
• The 'last updated' timestamps conflict between sources (2026-04-03 vs. 2026-04-11 vs. 2026-04-05), creating uncertainty about the true latest version

Provenance

Source

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the TLC's official licensing database.

Time Range

Covers drivers active at the time of each daily update.

Freshness

Last updated dates range from 2026-04-03 to 2026-04-11 across platforms, with a stated daily update schedule.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.