Sentences with phrase «pedicab driver from»

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These regulations cover everything from «pedicab driver permits» to «limit on number of taxicabs allowed,» «transfer of decal, permit, or taxiplate interest prohibited,» «currently permitted companies, vehicles, and drivers grandfathered; renewal process,» and «operation of horse drawn carriages: requirements and prohibitions.»

But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer money to turn public property into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their union for agreeing to the deal.

De Blasio's plan to ban pedicabs from Central Park below 85th Street will put the final nail in the coffin of an industry loathed by most New Yorkers, advocates and drivers said.

That pits the Council against Teamsters Joint Council 16, which represents the horse - carriage drivers and is supporting the de Blasio plan, which not only calls for shrinking the horse carriage industry and moving it to Central Park, but also banning pedicabs from the park's southern, tourist - heavy precincts.

The compromise constructed by de Blasio, some City Council members, and the Teamsters — who represent drivers — also calls for the eviction of pedicabs from the south end of Central Park.

The plan has garnered quite a bit of opposition — from skeptical lawmakers, from the park's administrator and also from pedicab drivers.

The plan also calls for restricting pedicabs from operating below 85th Street, severely downsizing the ground pedicabs are allowed to operate on and essentially freeing up the most popular parts of the park for the carriage horse drivers.

It would also thin the herd from 220 horses to just 95, eliminate 40 to 50 driver jobs, spend $ 25 million converting a maintenance shed into a new set of stalls and eliminate competition by restricting pedicabs to the area north of 85th Street in the park.

Daily News reporter Christina Boyle negotiates with driver and takes pedicab to Times Square from Columbus Circle on Wednesday, November, 28 2012...

With his mother suffering from mental illness and his father working long hours as a pedicab driver to support the family, Ouch was largely left on his own.