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Clubhouse for cabbies offers respite for drivers during their shifts

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on September 25, 2023   |   Leave a reply

The city’s overworked, under-rested cabbies finally have a dedicated place to chill out, with the grand opening of a brand new “Taxi Clubhouse” specifically for drivers to relax.

The clubhouse, located at 22nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, provides much-needed amenities often lacking for drivers working long shifts all over the city, such as bathrooms, food, beverages, and wifi, but also cool amenities like TVs, video games, a gym, and space to pray.

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Man’s ashes left in taxi for 2 days; family grateful for return

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on August 31, 2023   |   Leave a reply

The Taxi and Limousine Commission recorded over 2,500 cellphones, wallets, purses and other items were accidentally left in taxi cabs last year alone. However, one thing that virtually never makes the list of items left behind is the ashes of a deceased person.

Family members and friends of a beloved New York City businessman reported the loss and ended up appreciating what happened. They called it a posthumous gift from their loved one, given in a way only he could. 

“Absolutely humorous for dad’s ashes to go missing,” said the son of the deceased, who requested that his father’s identity not be revealed.

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Cab and ride-hailing drivers demand exemption for congestion pricing

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on August 18, 2023   |   Leave a reply

With the MTA moving forward with plans to implement congestion pricing, which would be tolls for drivers coming into Manhattan below 60th Street, more and more cab and ride-hailing drivers are worried about how it will impact their income.

“Congestion pricing, it’s going to be more money from our pocket,” said taxi driver Jose Valderrama. “I really believe that they shouldn’t do it. For yellow cabs or even Uber. We are coming to work, not coming to ride.”

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Gene Freidman, ‘Taxi King’ Who Upended His Industry, Dies at 50

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on October 27, 2021   |   2 Replies

He bid up the price of medallions and borrowed against them. When their value plummeted, immigrant cabbies were left deep in debt.

Gene Freidman, a cabdriver’s son who schemed his way to become the nation’s biggest taxi mogul and came to personify both the inflated ascent of the industry in New York City and its crushing financial collapse, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 50.

His death, in a Manhattan hospital, apparently from complications of a heart attack, was confirmed by the Riverside Memorial Chapel funeral home.

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The Medallion Crisis Is So Bad That Taxi Drivers Are on a Hunger Strike

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on October 25, 2021   |   Leave a reply

In 2006, when Richard Chow bought his taxi medallion from the city for $410,000, it seemed like a great idea. The value of medallions was rising steadily, and the Taxi and Limousine Commission was touting them as good long-term investments, so he took out a $358,200 loan. Then came the disruption — Uber, Lyft — and a collapse in the market in 2014. Chow, like thousands of other predominantly immigrant drivers, was left with a medallion he could only resell for perhaps a quarter of its former value, $389,000 in debt, and no hope of retiring.

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Taxi riders coming back, even as e-hail prices soar

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on May 23, 2021   |   Leave a reply
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Restrictions are lifting, and so, too, are taxi and e-hail app trips.

That’s more passengers for yellow taxi driver Md Azad.

“Before, we make $100, $200. Now, we can make more than $200 every day. That means, it’s good business and so busy,” Azad said.

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First Tesla Model 3 NYC yellow cab hits the road

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on November 9, 2020   |   2 Replies

The Tesla Model 3 is the first electric vehicle approved as a yellow cab in New York City, and the first one has hit the road.

In October 2019, Electrek was first to report that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), which oversees the city’s fleet of yellow cabs, has approved the Tesla Model 3 as the first electric vehicle to be eligible to become a yellow cab in New York City.

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Cab and ride-hailing drivers demand exemption for conge...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on August 18, 2023

With the MTA moving forward with plans to implement congestion pricing, which would be tolls for drivers coming into Manhattan below 60th Street, more and more cab and ride-hailing drivers are worried about how it will impact their income. “Congestion pricing, it’s going to be more money from our pocket,” said …

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Gene Freidman, ‘Taxi King’ Who Upended His Industry...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on October 27, 2021

He bid up the price of medallions and borrowed against them. When their value plummeted, immigrant cabbies were left deep in debt. Gene Freidman, a cabdriver’s son who schemed his way to become the nation’s biggest taxi mogul and came to personify both the inflated ascent of the industry in …

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The Medallion Crisis Is So Bad That Taxi Drivers Are on...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on October 25, 2021

In 2006, when Richard Chow bought his taxi medallion from the city for $410,000, it seemed like a great idea. The value of medallions was rising steadily, and the Taxi and Limousine Commission was touting them as good long-term investments, so he took out a $358,200 loan. Then came the disruption — Uber, …

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Taxi riders coming back, even as e-hail prices soar

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on May 23, 2021

Restrictions are lifting, and so, too, are taxi and e-hail app trips. That’s more passengers for yellow taxi driver Md Azad. “Before, we make $100, $200. Now, we can make more than $200 every day. That means, it’s good business and so busy,” Azad said.


First Tesla Model 3 NYC yellow cab hits the road

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on November 9, 2020

The Tesla Model 3 is the first electric vehicle approved as a yellow cab in New York City, and the first one has hit the road. In October 2019, Electrek was first to report that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), which oversees the city’s fleet of yellow …

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New York Attorney General Accuses N.Y.C. of Fraud Over ...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on February 20, 2020

New York State’s attorney general has accused New York City of committing fraud by significantly inflating the value of yellow taxi medallions and demanded $810 million from the city to compensate the thousands of cabdrivers who are now saddled with debt. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission marketed the medallions …

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NYC cabbies avoiding Chinese neighborhoods over coronav...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on February 17, 2020

Fear of catching the coronavirus has some cabbies and ride-share drivers discriminating against customers. “I feel bad about it, but when I see Chinese passengers, I just go,” one cab driver — who asked that his name be withheld, lest his hack license get suspended — told The Post. “I …

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Meet The NYC Taxi Driver Who Has Driven The World’s B...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on February 14, 2020

From the outside, Manny Anzalota’s yellow cab looks just like all the others cruising around New York City, but for Anzalota, the experience has been anything but ordinary. Each ride is a surprise adventure. Since he began driving a taxi in 2007, his customers have run the gamut from mediterranean …

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Bailout Up to $500 Million Proposed for Taxi Drivers Tr...

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on February 12, 2020

A decade ago the federal government stepped in to bail out the nation’s biggest banks. Now it may be time to for New York City to bail out its cabbies. A New York City Council commission released a report Friday recommending a publicly managed fund to bail out thousands of taxi drivers …

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Federal Prosecutors Target Possible NYC Taxi Loan Fraud

Posted by NYCYellowCabTaxi.com on September 14, 2019

Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible lending fraud in New York City’s troubled yellow taxi industry. The New York Times reports the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan is investigating the lending practices that led thousands of cab drivers to take out high-risk loans that left them buried in debt. …

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