Sentences with phrase «as the taxi drivers say»

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A couple days after the legislative vote, taxi drivers protested saying Uber needed to follow the same rules as taxi companies if it was going to offer the same service, local media reported.

She was known for being brash and outspoken, described in the pages of TIME as «truculent and courageous,» with a New York City accent Norman Mailer said «could boil the fat off a taxi driver's neck.»

«People go out of their way in this country to be upset,» David Straine, a 35 - year - old taxi driver, said as he drove to the Giants» practice rink on Jan. 18.

For that reason, and because of the multitude of community projects that I have been responsible for, such as: construction of low - income housing; repair of train stations; re-pavement of streets; Implementation of charter schools; services for senior citizens, immigrants, non-medallion taxi car drivers, and many more initiatives, I believe that the residents of the 32nd Senatorial District in Bronx County have been well represented during the past 15 years,» he said.

Stating how dejected and disappointed they are in the President, Korsi Dogbe, who doubles as Chairman of taxi drivers in Suhum, said President Akufo - Addo hoodwinked them into voting for him with the promise of appointing their MP, Frederick Opare Ansah, as Minister.

«I would say that an incident like this, where a taxi driver almost lost his life, should certainly compel us to remembering — as I was talking to the archbishop about the other day — this is what the terrorists really want,» Paterson told John Gambling on WOR this morning.

Cab company owners say if local municipalities can not regulate ride - hailing as they do the taxi industry, the state law should at least have requirements that DMV conduct driver background checks, including fingerprinting.

They also say New York should mandate fingerprint checks, as local governments do for taxi drivers.

«Treating taxis — who have paid into the system and should be exempted from additional charges — the same way as those responsible for the problem makes no public policy sense because it won't reduce congestion,» said Nino Hervias, a spokesman for the Taxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which represents about 1,500 individual taxi owners, most of whom are immigraTaxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which represents about 1,500 individual taxi owners, most of whom are immigrataxi owners, most of whom are immigrants.

He said licensed taxi companies act as an ambassador for the city, so drivers and cars need to be checked for safety and cleanliness before they hit the streets.

Schrader has said that he knows his obituaries will read, «Writer of Taxi Driver,» despite his own idiosyncratic career as a filmmaker.

The movie is set to be directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), with Martin Scorsese producing, and is said to be «a gritty and grounded hard - boiled crime film set in early -»80s Gotham City that isn't meant to feel like a DC movie as much as one of Scorsese's films from that era, like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull or The King Of Comedy.»

, said another taxi driver a few days later, as he put down his mobile phone and switched gears.

Industry Canada ranks Realtors as having one of the top five risk jobs behind taxi driver and health care, says Rea.