Section 396-W. Loitering for the purpose of soliciting passengers for transportation

1. Any person who loiters or remains  in  or  about  any
  airport  located within a county wholly contained within a city, without
  the prior written authorization of the New York city taxi and  limousine
  commission  or  the  state  department  of  transportation to do so, and
  beckons to, or stops, or attempts to stop, or interferes with  the  free
  passage  of  other persons, for the purpose of soliciting passengers for
  transportation by motor vehicle,  from  one  location  to  another,  for
  money;  is  guilty  of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than
  one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days,  or
  both.  A second or subsequent violation of this section shall be a class
  B misdemeanor.
    2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed  to  deny  any
  person the right to discharge passengers from a motor vehicle at such an
  airport.