Section 2300. Commission

There shall be a New York city taxi and limousine
  commission, the purposes of which  shall  be  the  continuance,  further
  development and improvement of taxi and limousine service in the city of
  New  York.  It shall be the further purpose of the commission, consonant
  with the promotion and protection of the public comfort and  convenience
  to adopt and establish an overall public transportation policy governing
  taxi,  coach, limousine, wheelchair accessible van services and commuter
  van services as it relates to the overall public transportation  network
  of the city; to establish certain rates, standards of service, standards
  of   insurance  and  minimum  coverage;  standards  for  driver  safety,
  standards for equipment safety and design; standards for noise  and  air
  pollution  control;  and to set standards and criteria for the licensing
  of vehicles, drivers and chauffeurs, owners  and  operators  engaged  in
  such services; all as more particularly set forth herein.