Sentences with phrase «medallion owners»

De Blasio initially supported but soon became critical of ex-Mayor Mike Bloomberg's plan to put 18,000 outer - borough green taxis on the streets over three years — a plan that taxi medallion owners see as a competitive threat.

His proposal to temporarily cap the car - hail industry allowed de Blasio to side with organized taxi drivers who believe Uber's gig economics are undermining their profession, with transportation advocates concerned about congestion, and also with the yellow medallion owners who financed his campaign.

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.

The Observer has learned that Ydanis Rodriguez, the chair of New York City Council Transportation Committee, will join a meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 23rd in a Midtown location at which he will propose a bailout to rescue medallion owners, who have witnessed the value of their investment plummet as Uber and other ride apps disrupt the traditional taxi business.

Fed - up drivers and medallion owners rallied at City Hall in Lower Manhattan to demand new regulations after the tragic suicides of four of their own.

The Observer was the first to report yesterday about a meeting scheduled for Thursday convened by Mr. Freidman at which the mogul was expected to ask several bankers to help draft a plan to bail out medallion owners whose lenders were getting cold feet as the value of the medallions plummeted.

«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 immigrants.

«I think the caps are the kind of thing we need to talk about again because this situation has gotten worse since then, both in terms of the pressure that has been put on the [cab --RSB- medallion owners and everyday taxi drivers,» de Blasio told host Brian Lehrer.

«Simply stated, the power to contract and compel medallion owners to purchase the Nissan NV200 from Nissan for ten years does not exist in the City Charter,» The Wall Street Journal quotes Justice Hagler saying.

He tried to do a favor for taxi medallion owners a favor at consumers» expense by capping the number of Uber vehicles that could operate in the city.

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.

Ydanis Rodriguez, the chair of the City Council's Transportation Committee, will join a meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning to propose a bailout to rescue medallion owners.

Medallion owners are in a frenzy to protect their assets.

But a more immediate issue for some medallion owners is Melrose Credit Union, of Queens, N.Y., which finances the loans on thousands of medallions.

It is the fourth suicide of a desperate hack in as many months — and the first of a medallion owner.

She asked him to set aside what he believed he knew about the connection between the medallion owner and Silver and to continue to deliberate with the rest of jury.

Medallion owners were not pleased with these developments, especially the latter, which would diminish the value of their franchise: medallions now auction for upwards of $ 1 million, and their number has only been increased three times in 75 years.

The juror told Caproni that he hadn't seen the medallion owner «for a while» and suggested that the owner might not even know him on sight.

These two groups, medallion owners and advocates for the disabled, joined forces to stop the Mayor's efforts, and were willing to use any available legal means.

The juror told Caproni he leases a taxi from a medallion owner who he described as being «very, very rich» and who possesses of over 250 medallions.

He wanted a standard «iconic» taxi that medallion owners would be obligated to use.

While working over the weekend, the juror said he «heard from people that work» at the medallion owner's garage that the owner and Silver «hang out» together and attend the same synagogue.

Also at 1 p.m., the newly formed Taxi Medallion Owner / Driver Association holds a rally for «fairness and respect,» asking to including in the decision - making process about Uber and other for - hire apps, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Taxi medallion owners, who in 2013 were part of an industry that gave NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations, say he is betraying them by capitulating to Uber on wheelchair accessibility.

Two taxi - medallion owners can't sue a NYC regulatory commission for failing to keep the yellow - cab industry profitable in the face of competition from Uber and Lyft, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled.

Ydanis Rodriguez, the chair of New York City Council Transportation Committee, addresses the crowd of bankers and medallion owners.

David Plouffe, a former aide to Barack Obama now working for the ride - sharing company, has claimed de Blasio is simply thwarting its progress because he received campaign contributions from taxi medallion owners, who have warily watched the number of Uber drivers eclipse their own ranks.

The money would come from real estate developers, yellow - taxi medallion owners, teachers unions and anybody else willing to play ball in hopes the mayor would return the favors.

(New York, NY) Taxi medallion owners and advocates for the disabled will join academics to discuss the fate of the medallion system and accessibility on Tuesday, June 27th.

Two taxi - medallion owners can't sue a city regulatory commission for failing to keep the yellow - cab industry profitable in the face of competition from Uber and Lyft, a Manhattan Supreme Court...

In return, the pols protect the medallion owners» monopoly on street hails and hold down the supply of cabs, even if it means stranding riders in rainstorms.

That's the life savings of some medallion owners, easily explaining the recent suicides of four city cabbies.

«Today, taxi medallion owners, traditional newspapers, shopping malls and department - store chains are gravely threatened,» he writes.

After the trial court dismissed the complaint on the defendant's motion, the medallion owner plaintiff appealed.