Not exact matches
There was heavy lobbying on both sides of the
issue — with
yellow cab drivers who were against the legislation surrounding the Capitol with their
cabs and livery drivers who spent hours debating legislators in the halls.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers on Friday reached a final agreement that signs off on $ 168.3 billion in state spending for the coming fiscal year in an agreement that includes disparate
issues such as reforming the state's sexual harassment policies to placing a fee on ride hailing vehicles and
yellow cabs in Manhattan to help fund mass transit.
While Diaz said it would be up to lawmakers to decide how many new medallions to
issue and how much they should cost, he said they would have to cost «far less» than
yellow medallion so they «remain affordable to all livery
cab drivers or base owners.»