Section 19-529.1. Prohibited acts relating to commuter vans

a. No commuter
  van service and no person who owns, operates or drives  a  commuter  van
  shall  solicit,  pick up or discharge passengers, or permit or authorize
  the solicitation, pick up or discharge of passengers:
    (1) outside of the geographical area set forth in the authorization to
  operate a commuter van service issued pursuant to  section  19-504.2  of
  this chapter; or
    (2) at stops of, or along a route which is traveled upon by a bus line
  which  is operated by the New York city transit authority or the city or
  a private bus company which has been granted a franchise  by  the  city.
  The  prohibition contained in this paragraph shall not apply to the pick
  up or discharge of passengers in  the  borough  of  Manhattan  south  of
  Chambers  Street  by  commuter  van services who on July first, nineteen
  hundred  ninety-two  had  authority  from  the   state   department   of
  transportation  to  pick  up or discharge passengers along bus routes in
  such area, provided that the scope of operations by  such  commuter  van
  services  along  bus  routes  in such area shall not exceed the scope of
  such operations prior to July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.
    b. Where a violation  of  subdivision  a  of  this  section  has  been
  committed  by  a  driver of a commuter van, the commuter van service and
  the owner of such vehicle shall  also  be  liable  for  a  violation  of
  subdivision a of this section.