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April 29, 2012
New York City's New Boro Taxis Are Green -- Apple Green, That Is
It's not lime green, not key lime pie green, not sea-foam green, nor is it chartreuse. Nope. The city's new taxi for upper Manhattan and the outer boroughs, unveiled this morning, is apple green. The mayor's office emphasized this specific shade of green at a press conference at City Hall this morn ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Car Service Horror Story
When going out of town, I usually book a car service to the airport just to make sure I get there, since a cab isn't always a possibility. But even with the definite car booking, you'd have more luck hailing a yak these days.
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Transport Workers Union Denied Injunction Against City's Use of Bus Drivers to Transport Arrested Protesters; Suit Not Dismissed
Today the Transport Workers Union, which last week voted unanimously in support of Occupy Wall Street, went to court to fight against the city's use of city bus drivers to transport arrested protesters. Following the Brooklyn Bridge arrests on Saturday, the Union said the NYPD had commandeered numer ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Astorians Mourn Departed Bus and Subway Lines, Want to Bring Back the QM22
Politicians, civic groups, and commuters gathered yesterday by the Astoria-Ditmars subway stop to mark the death-iversary of their dearly departeds: the W train and the QM22 bus line. One year ago, the MTA eliminated the W and V trains and dozens of bus lines, and reduced services throughout ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Drivers and Politicians Lobby Senate to Pass Livery Cab Bill
Esther ZuckermanA collation that included City Council members, yellow cab taxi drivers and the president of Livery Base Owners gathered on the steps of City Hall this afternoon to ask the State Senate to pass a bill that allows livery cab drivers to make pick-ups in the outer boroughs and th ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Livery Cabs Should Be Able to Pick Up Passengers Already
Livery cabs are often the great savior of the drunken Brooklynite struggling to trek their way home. Like Jay-Z said, New York has its "yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab" (holler back), and there should be no reason not to try them all, right? The thing is, they're not legal to take. New York ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Uber, A More Expensive Car Service For iPhone, Headed to NYC
Uber, the San Francisco-based car service start-up, is expanding from California to New York City beginning "in a few short weeks," TechCrunch reports today. Do we need more cars? Do we need to pay more money for more cars? Maybe in the outer boroughs! But what if it will run you as much as t ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Squeaky Clean and Suave Cab Drivers Coming to New York
Acceptable outfit?Yesterday the Taxi and Limousine Commission changed some of its policies for taxi drivers to make your ride a little more sexy. Taxi Drivers must now comply with a dress code that says they must wear clothes with a "professional appearance." According to the New York Times, ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Ahmed Sharif, Wounded Muslim Cab Driver, Receives $30,000 in Support
Ahmed Sharif, the Muslim taxi driver stabbed last week by a drunken passenger, will likely be unable to work for at least four months. "He can't even pick up his baby because of the wounds to his arms. He can't turn his neck," said Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
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August 16, 2010
Con-Artist Cabbies Convicted in Troubling Taxi Fare Fraud
Via Junkables.Remember the Great Taxi Scam of 2010? A few cabbies, it turned out, were charging passengers the (double) suburban rate It brought out sympathy from people who felt bad for cabbies, exaggerations from the Taxi and Limousine Commissioner, and media outlets looking ridiculous dro ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Update: City Serves Temporary Restraining Order to Bus Man Running Charters along MTA-Cut Lines
A week and a half ago, we spoke to Joel Azumah, the 27-year-old who began running charter buses along the X25, X29, X90, QM22 lines recently cut by the MTA. The city Department of Transportation sent him a cease and desist letter at the end of June, when he started his service, but he kept hi ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Brooklyn Man Picks Up MTA-Cut Bus Routes, but Business is a Bust
Joel Azumah, 27, who runs a small charter bus company, TransportAzumah, replaced recently cut public bus routes (X25, X29, X90, QM22) with his own private routes today in an attempt to turn a profit while helping people get to work. "Some of these routes are in very good locations with very l ... More >>
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March 23, 2010
Taxi Scam,Take Two: The Times Sniffs the Air
The Great Taxi Meter Conspiracy That Wasn't sheds light not only on the presence of true political hacks at large in the administration of Michael Bloomberg (imagine that!), but also opens one of those rare windows into how those who run our Paper of Record see the world they're forced to share with ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Robbers of 9 Livery Cabs in Brooklyn Sought
Some people treat livery cabs like prey. The NYPD says these two guys have been hailing liveries, ordering them to locations near Brooklyn College like Clarendon Road and East 37th Street, and upon arrival robbing the drivers with a gun. They've hit at least nine livery drivers this way. If ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 23, 2010
'Brooklyn Psych Fest'
Some people treat livery cabs like prey. The NYPD says these two guys have been hailing liveries, ordering them to locations near Brooklyn College like Clarendon Road and East 37th Street, and upon arrival robbing the drivers with a gun. They've hit at least nine livery drivers this way. If ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Report: Cabbies Get Bigger Tips on Credit Card Fares
In 2007, when they started installing credit-card readers in cabs, YellowCabNYC found some drivers resistant to the change. A commenter said, "I get yelled at 3 out of the 4 times for using credit card" even when notifying the driver in advance. The hacks may have been conflating the readers with ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
City's Plan to Push Cabs into the "Green" Shot Down By Judge, Again
The city keeps trying to get cabs to go hybrid, and the taxi owners keep pushing back. The Taxi and Limousine Commission's most recent plan included incentives to please the owners -- for instance, they would be authorized to charge drivers more for use of the hybrids -- and the drivers were told th ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 10, 2009
LADY OF THE CANYON
John Kelly digs out his Joni Mitchell costume
Voice Choices
June 3, 2009
'Panache Showcase with Golden Triangle'
John Kelly digs out his Joni Mitchell costume
Columns
February 25, 2009
Showdown for the BusFellas' Union
A mobster's old cronies vie to keep control
Blogs
January 5, 2009
City Cabs May Get Spy Cameras
EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation claims the surveillance cameras it has affixed to the outside of its vehicles have saved the company half a million dollars by showing its drivers' lack of culpability in accidents. Cabs companies around the world either installing cameras or asking for ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2008
Diddy Pays for Your New Year's Cab Ride to the Next Bar
The city didn't go for Sean Combs' offer to donate $1 to local charities if they refashioned the New Year's Eve ball to resemble "the blue stone of Ciroc," a vodka he promotes. So now he's offering free cab rides to New Year's Eve drunks. He will work with the Taxi and Limousine Commission to have t ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2008
Hybrids Coming, Says TLC; TS, Say Cab Owners
The city didn't go for Sean Combs' offer to donate $1 to local charities if they refashioned the New Year's Eve ball to resemble "the blue stone of Ciroc," a vodka he promotes. So now he's offering free cab rides to New Year's Eve drunks. He will work with the Taxi and Limousine Commission to have t ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2008
Lesbian Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Against Caliente Cab Co.
The city didn't go for Sean Combs' offer to donate $1 to local charities if they refashioned the New Year's Eve ball to resemble "the blue stone of Ciroc," a vodka he promotes. So now he's offering free cab rides to New Year's Eve drunks. He will work with the Taxi and Limousine Commission to have t ... More >>
News
January 29, 2008
Rudy's Bus Pal Admits Paying Mob
As mob-fighting mayor, Giuliani did nothing but help the guy—and get helped in return
Blogs
October 26, 2007
National Mobilization Against the War
As mob-fighting mayor, Giuliani did nothing but help the guy—and get helped in return
Blogs
September 4, 2007
City Prepares for Taxi Strike
As mob-fighting mayor, Giuliani did nothing but help the guy—and get helped in return
News
September 4, 2007
Hail No!
Cabbies get taken for a ride by the taxi commission, so you don't.
Blogs
April 24, 2007
Pedicab Smackdown: City Council Defies Bloomberg, Reins in 'Green Transport'
Cabbies get taken for a ride by the taxi commission, so you don't.
Blogs
June 26, 2006
School Bus Union Big is Busted Again
Cabbies get taken for a ride by the taxi commission, so you don't.
News
May 23, 2006
Taxicab Concessions
High-tech, high-level wheeling and dealing makes all of us fare game
Blogs
April 25, 2006
Cyclist Hurt? Blame the Transit Strike
High-tech, high-level wheeling and dealing makes all of us fare game
Screens
April 11, 2006
Vapor Travails
Total cabbie awareness: Eloquence and error in tracking San Fran taxis
NYC Life
March 28, 2006
Malice's Restaurant
What Rao's and a gangster-run school bus drivers' union have in common
Blogs
December 22, 2005
It's Off to Work They Go
What Rao's and a gangster-run school bus drivers' union have in common
Blogs
December 16, 2005
A Strike -- Partially
What Rao's and a gangster-run school bus drivers' union have in common
Columns
September 13, 2005
On the Waterfront
Cruising over to work was never so easy
Film
August 30, 2005
'Transporter 2'
Cruising over to work was never so easy
News
January 22, 2002
Outer-Borough Battler
A Labor Leader Challenges His Own
News
May 30, 2000
Taxi Widows
Compensating the Families of Slain Minority Cabbies Is a Bureaucratic Nightmare
News
April 18, 2000
Africans Are Dying, Too
The Forgotten Victims of the Livery Cabbie Murders
News
January 5, 1999
God is Antonio Duarte's Copilot
The Forgotten Victims of the Livery Cabbie Murders

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