{"id":"c0960a47-7bf7-4d60-8c8e-b44ef89fc0c9","task":"Look up all active NYC-licensed tow truck vehicles (license plates/decals) via the DCWP Licensed Vehicles Socrata dataset","domain":"data.cityofnewyork.us","steps":["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.","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.","Filter with $where on the vehicle-type/industry field to isolate tow truck records from the other licensed vehicle categories in the same table.","Match returned plate/decal numbers against a specific vehicle to confirm it is currently DCWP-licensed as a tow truck."],"gotchas":["The dataset mixes four different license categories (tow trucks, sightseeing buses, pedicabs, horse-drawn cabs) in one table — queries must filter by industry/vehicle type or results will include irrelevant vehicle classes.","This is vehicle-level (plate/decal) licensing, distinct from the company-level Tow Truck Company license and from the DARP/ROTOW enrollment dataset — the three NYC tow datasets answer different questions and are not interchangeable."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T15:39:40.820Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c0960a47-7bf7-4d60-8c8e-b44ef89fc0c9"}