Sentences with phrase «new yellow taxi»

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg built a $ 1 billion bet into his proposed $ 68.7 billion budget proposal: that the city would be able to sell 2,000 new yellow taxi medallions as part of a plan to expand street hail service throughout the five boroughs.

But while advocates have praised the deal, some critics have raised concerns about its reliance on so - called «one - shot deals,» or cases in which the city relies on funds from non-recurring sources such as the sale of new yellow taxi medallions, or large legal settlements including the CityTime scandal.

It would authorize the City to issue 2,000 new yellow taxi medallions, generating $ 1 billion in much - needed revenue.

Not exact matches

With the yellow cab industry teetering on the brink of insolvency, New York City is poised to roll out what its top taxi regulator called a «tremendous opportunity»: surge pricing.

From Bayside to Brownsville, Uber helps all New Yorkers move around their communities, especially in areas long ignored by yellow taxis and where access to public transit is limited.

-- YELLOW CABS COULD BEGIN SURGE PRICING — POLITICO's Dana Rubinstein: With the yellow cab industry teetering on the brink of insolvency, New York City is poised to roll out what its top taxi regulator called a «tremendous opportunity.&YELLOW CABS COULD BEGIN SURGE PRICING — POLITICO's Dana Rubinstein: With the yellow cab industry teetering on the brink of insolvency, New York City is poised to roll out what its top taxi regulator called a «tremendous opportunity.&yellow cab industry teetering on the brink of insolvency, New York City is poised to roll out what its top taxi regulator called a «tremendous opportunity.»

A proposed congestion pricing plan by the New York Assembly would charge yellow taxis differently than for - hire services like Uber and Lyft.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D - Manhattan) named Diaz chair of the new committee this month, giving the outspoken 74 - year - old minister subpoena power and oversight of yellow and green taxis, Ubers and other car - service vehicles regulated by the Taxi & Limousine Commission.

Asked for comment, Uber spokesman Matt Wing referred POLITICO New York to a letter the company sent Mayor Bill de Blasio in August noting that Uber's black cars are actually subject to a higher sales tax than the yellow taxi surcharge.

Queens Rep. Joseph Crowley wants de Blasio to step in to help the struggling yellow taxi industry and its lenders, saying new app - based car services like Uber have led to a big drop in value of the yellow cab medallions.

Mac Roberts, the general manager of East / West Management, a New York City company that operates 120 yellow taxi cab medallions, called upon the Taxi & Limousine Commission, as well as New York State, to better regulate Uber and others, telling the Observer in a memorable anti-Uber rtaxi cab medallions, called upon the Taxi & Limousine Commission, as well as New York State, to better regulate Uber and others, telling the Observer in a memorable anti-Uber rTaxi & Limousine Commission, as well as New York State, to better regulate Uber and others, telling the Observer in a memorable anti-Uber rant:

A federal appeals court says New York City doesn't have to require its fleet of licensed yellow taxis be wheelchair accessible, reversing an earlier ruling and upsetting disability advocates.

The mayor was pummeled by the apps, particularly Uber, which ran ads highlighting the service's popularity with lower - income, minority New Yorkers who were trying to earn some extra money as drivers or were just happy to finally get a cab in a part of town where yellow taxis wouldn't venture.

The bill also authorizes the Taxi and Limousine Commission to sell up to 1,500 new yellow cab medallions, with 569 of the new cabs required to be handicapped accessible.

«There are already many more Uber vehicles than there are yellow taxis in New York City, and that's just happened in a few years time.

«When yellow and green cab drivers get paid by cash, they have to move around to complete the transaction,» said New York Taxi Workers Alliance Executive Director Bhairavi Desai.

«However, we can not destroy the traditional livery taxi industry, the yellow taxi industry, in order for the new one to do well.»

In New York City, land of the ubiquitous yellow taxi, cabbies and other motorists find themselves with a bit less room to operate these days.

While I was in the city I of course had to shoot some new looks — got ta get those NYC scenes in, no yellow taxi cabs in LA... Just plenty of traffic filled with Ubers: p

The street is transformed into New York setting and filled with 70s cars, yellow taxis and 70s shop signs.

The yellow Ford Crown Victoria taxi is so common in New York City that it's almost an icon just like the Yankees or the Empire State Building.

As we shot test video of New York City traffic, colors again were bold, including a crystal blue sky, vibrant yellow taxis and our bright red jacket.

The company originally sought to name the airline «Taxi,» complete with yellow livery, to highlight their connection to New York City (and its iconic cabs).

Each journey seems to be an event; whether it's clinging onto the boat taxis to and from the island (our chosen accommodation was the Isle de N'gor surf camp), jumping into one of the many yellow cabs (available in the full range of condition: from «brand new and sparkling to «probably should be in a landfill site») or squeezing far too many hot, sweaty people and battered surfboards into the camp's hot, battered van.

The kits are influenced by the architectural features on the respective cities, with the New York bag inspired by the city's grid - like streets, avenues and iconic yellow taxis, and the Melbourne kits reflecting the city's 19th century buildings, the Yarra river and the coastline.

Taxi - cab yellow, black and red predominate: the palette evokes New York, but also the colors of the German flag.

After turning yellow taxis green, New York City is now announcing that it wants to make black cars greener.