Look up all active NYC-licensed tow truck vehicles (license plates/decals) via the DCWP Licensed Vehicles Socrata dataset

domain: data.cityofnewyork.us · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Locate the 'DCWP Licensed Vehicles' dataset (resource ID 9vpn-rpgs), which covers tow trucks alongside sightseeing buses, pedicabs, and horse-drawn cabs licensed by NYC DCWP.
  2. Query the SODA endpoint, e.g. https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/9vpn-rpgs.json, or use the documented v3 export URLs (query.json / export.csv / export.xml) for full dataset pulls.
  3. Filter with $where on the vehicle-type/industry field to isolate tow truck records from the other licensed vehicle categories in the same table.
  4. Match returned plate/decal numbers against a specific vehicle to confirm it is currently DCWP-licensed as a tow truck.

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