Sentences with phrase «pedicab drivers»
"Pedicab drivers" are people who ride and operate small, three-wheeled vehicles that are powered by pedaling. They give rides to passengers in these vehicles. Full definition
Cyclists and pedicab drivers who ride on the streets with cars leave themselves open to potentially devastating lawsuits unless they insure themselves, but auto insurance won't cut it.
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Ibrahim Barrie, an immigrant pedicab driver from Sierra Leone who said he escaped the civil war there and fled to New York City, is hoping Mayor Bill de Blasio will give him a chance to make his case in the next week, as the City Council prepares to vote on a bill which will severely affect his line of work.
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.»
Giuliani, 73, and two of his staffers were exiting a Cadillac SUV near the corner of 49th St. and Eighth Ave. about 2:20 p.m. when someone flung open a door and clipped a passing pedicab driver.»
How many pedicab drivers would lose their jobs?
When de Blasio announced a deal last weekend to limit horse carriages to Central Park while banning pedicabs in the park below 85th Street, it came as a surprise to the city's 837 licensed pedicab drivers.
But city officials haven't involved pedicab drivers at all in their discussions.
As part of a deal announced two weeks ago, the de Blasio administration said it will decrease and confine the horse carriage industry to Central Park; build a stable to house the horses there; and banish pedicab drivers to the northern end of the park, above the 85th Street Transverse.
Additionally, the Transit Workers Union, which has frequently clashed with Mr. de Blasio, has decried the intrusion on the pedicab drivers» business.
«I want to just affirm that I'm very happy to work with the pedicab drivers to figure out a long - term plan for that industry.
The pedicab drivers had protested City Hall the day of the hearing, complaining the administration did not consult them before
Serena Williams and hip - hopper Common were canoodling in Central Park when a pedicab driver and wannabe French rapper tried to slip Common his CD.
Animal rights advocates, pedicab drivers, and horse carriage drivers dressed in top hat and cape garb filled the City Council chambers.
«What we want to learn from TWU is how we save our industry,» Ibrahim Barrie, a pedicab driver who is part of the organizing effort, told POLITICO New York last week.
Meanwhile, pedicab drivers have been gathering at Transport Worker Union offices in Brooklyn to hash out how to fight de Blasio's proposal.
In a mad - dash effort to persuade council members that a pedicab ban in the southern end of the park makes little sense, pedicab drivers have held rallies and called legislators.
The plan has garnered quite a bit of opposition — from skeptical lawmakers, from the park's administrator and also from pedicab drivers.
Despite the mayor's assurance that he's willing to meet with them, pedicab drivers have said they have yet to get a sit down with anyone in City Hall.
«That's not true, I have never refused to meet with them, I am happy to work with the pedicab drivers to make sure that they can do well too,» de Blasio said.
And on Friday, about 10 pedicab drivers, representing an industry of about 800, will gather at the union's offices in Brooklyn.
The Transport Workers Union, which has stepped in to help organize the pedicab drivers who face banishment under the deal, urged pols to reject the bill.
«We're going to bring a lawsuit against the city,» said John Samuelsen, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, which has been working to organize the pedicab drivers.
«On Thursday night we could see the stars in the sky,» said Moises Rosillo, 41, a pedicab driver sheltering beneath the centre's distinctive domed roof with his family.
Scores of bicycle enthusiasts, pedicab drivers, rollerbladers and parents with jogging strollers were in motion on the newly designated bike lane.
The Globe and Mail reports that «scores of bicycle enthusiasts, pedicab drivers, rollerbladers and parents with jogging strollers were in motion on the newly designated bike lane.»
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.
«Quite simply, cyclists and pedicab drivers aren't required to carry insurance because bicycles don't have engines,» explains Neil.