Sentences with phrase «major medallion owner»

When CBS's Marcia Kramer asked de Blasio why he didn't distance himself from one such donor, the major medallion owner Evgeny Freidman, whom the attorney general has accused of mistreating his workers, de Blasio gave a halting non-answer.

This money came from major medallion owners, including $ 4000 each from Evgeny «Gene» Freidman (who was recently in the news for his assertion that Mayor Bloomberg personally promised to «destroy [his] fucking industry» when he leaves office), Guy Roberts, and Neomi Yakuel, all of whom are on the board of the Greater New York Taxi Association, a powerful trade organization.