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New York Works to Expand Road Testing Availability for CDLs

January 25, 2022

Efforts are underway in New York to enable more people to conduct road tests for commercial driver licenses to reduce a long backlog exacerbated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles is slated to convene a public hearing Jan. 26 soliciting comments on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new plan to address a critical shortage of truck and bus drivers. The goal is to expand road-test availability to qualified third parties and open testing to new non-DMV locations in the state, such as trucking schools.

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