In addition to expanding taxi service to the city's outer boroughs, it would also add 1,500 yellow
cab medallion licenses.
Not exact matches
In a statement, Cira Angeles, a spokeswoman for Livery Base Owners, Inc., one of the many livery
cab associations, called the «delinking of borough
licenses from yellow
cab medallions is an important first step.»
The outer - borough
cab fleet
licenses, however, are worth far less on the open market than the horse carriage
medallions.
The
cab driver leases the car and route from the owner of the
cab license, who buys the
license from what is known as a «
medallion,» which is in turn managed by a management company that typically is responsible for several
medallions.