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TLC Finally Hits 50% Accessibility Target After Years of Delays
About 5,000 yellow taxis are now wheelchair accessible, up from just over 200 in 2013.
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A Times Square Billboard Seeks Aid for LA Fire Victims. Is It for Real?
With concerns growing about shady solicitations, an internet entrepreneur with a controversial business record insists he’s on the level.
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Cabbies Say Cost to Move to Wheelchair-Accessible Cars Is Too High
Drivers rallied outside of a Taxi & Limousine Commission hearing on Thursday as the city tries to figure out how to comply with a judge's order enforcing a decade-old settlement.
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City Ordered to Fix Broken Pledge to Make Half of Taxis Wheelchair-Accessible
With fewer than one in three cars outfitted for people with disabilities despite landmark 2013 deal, Manhattan federal judge demands speedy plan to boost numbers.
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Taxi Workers Alliance Loses Battle Against Driver Permit Increase
The coalition of cab drivers had sued the city over a plan to re-release thousands of unused “green taxi” licenses.
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App Drivers Rush to Get Green TLC Licenses Before Judge-Ordered Stop Hits
A court injunction on processing of electric-vehicle rideshare plates surprised thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers who now worry cars they bought on credit will not be approved.
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TLC Misses Deadline to Make Half of All Taxis Wheelchair Accessible, Again
The Taxi and Limousine Commission has been struggling to meet a court-ordered quota of vehicles capable of carrying wheelchairs and motorized scooters for a decade — and coming up short.
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Of Drivers Targeted by TLC Airport Stings, 86% Are Nonwhite, Lawsuit Claims
The city wants to toss out a class-action suit brought by drivers ticketed for illegal airport pickups, but the plaintiffs keep pressing for a trial.
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Cabbie Group Sues City to Put Brakes on New Pilot Program
The Taxi Workers Alliance on Monday filed suit to stop the TLC from rolling out an initiative that would allow dormant “green taxi” licenses to be used for a new type of unmetered livery vehicle.
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TLC Approves Green Taxi Change as Current For-Hire Drivers See Red
The plan to allow revamped ‘Boro Taxis’ to operate without having to adhere to a color scheme — or the ability to pick up street hails — sparked protests from hacks who say supply is outpacing demand.