Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxi and Limousine Commission

KOMANOFF: De Blasio’s Medallion ‘Bailout’ Plan Ignores True Cause Of Taxi Driver Distress

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

It is going to be up to the next mayor to follow up with explicit policies addressing the unjust competition between yellow cab drivers and those of Uber and Lyft — policies such as those our columnist outlines here.

OPINION: Anti-Racism Ads Can’t Hide the Ugly Reality Behind Uber

By Phara Souffrant Forrest | Sep 16, 2020 | No Comments

The company denies protections to its low-income, Black and brown drivers — says a candidate who drove for it. Here's why Albany must rein it in.

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City Should Charge For Cruising Empty, Instead of Capping It

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

"A charge on idle time is bound to be more effective," said Charles Komanoff.

A montage of mayhem — with the solution in the center.

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City Not Using Camera Tickets to Crack Down on Reckless Cabbies

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission claims it does not have the authority to take cabbies off the road for multiple camera-issued speeding tickets. But others say it does.

The unsafe intersection in Gravesend where Yaosen Tan was killed on Dec. 2. Photo: Google

Green Cabbie Who Killed a Brooklyn Pedestrian Drove Car with 14 Moving Violations

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The cab driver who ran over and killed a Brooklyn pedestrian last month is a driver in good standing, despite a 2016 speeding ticket that put four points on his license.

BREAKING: Uber Sues City Over Cruising Empty Cap

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019 | 10 Comments

The city's proposed cap on cruising times for app-based cabs is "arbitrary" and illegal because it supersedes the state's traffic-reduction regulations, and was concocted secretly without taking into consideration other factors, a new lawsuit by Uber argues.

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