Sentences with phrase «taxi owners»

«It is not surprising there is growing opposition to the mayor's bill because try as they might, mayor de Blasio can't pretend protecting taxi owners is progressive,» an Uber spokesman said in a statement.
At a Common Council meeting last month, Plattsburgh City Taxi owner Perry Buck said that an increase in the maximum fare is necessary for the company to keep up with minimum wage increases.
Two months after first calling for a $ 1.50 per fare increase in the maximum fare limit within the City of Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh City Taxi owner Perry Buck renewed his request for the Common Council to consider raising the cap on fares.
Records show that in March 2016, Blessinger signed a $ 5,000 - a-month lobbying contract on behalf of the Nassau & Suffolk Taxi Owners Association with Park Strategies, the firm founded by former U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato.
«It comes down to this: The riding public of Nassau County needs to be safe, and they're not going to be safe without a government - conducted fingerprint background check,» said Larry Blessinger, who runs several taxi and limousine companies in Nassau and serves as president of the Nassau & Suffolk Taxi Owners Association.
The TLC's licenses do not bar taxi owners from operating accessible vehicles.
A state judge blocked the city from requiring taxi owners to purchase a Nissan NV200 — the Taxi of Tomorrow — and City Hall aides there may not be enough time left in the mayor's tenure to successfully appeal.
For New York City's most powerful taxi owner, Evgeny Freidman, the New York political firmament is divided between enemies and friends.
«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.
Selected over other global manufacturers for its combination of compact exterior and maximum interior space in a multi-year «Taxi of Tomorrow» competition, the all - new Nissan NV200 Taxi design reflects the input of hundreds of taxi owners and drivers, and thousands of passengers who shared their ideas and priorities with Nissan designers and engineers.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the government to seek clarification from vehicle manufacturers as well as insurance companies regarding concessions that may be granted to taxi owners wanting to purchase new taxis.
A spokesman for the body representing metered taxi owners in South Africa's economic heartland of Gauteng province, Lucas Seale, strongly believes Uber must go.
«It is not surprising there is growing opposition to the Mayor's bill because try as they might, Mayor de Blasio can't pretend protecting taxi owners is progressive,» said the spokesperson.
PLATTSBURGH Almost two months after City Taxi owner Perry Buck called on the Plattsburgh Common Council to increase the maximum fare limit in the city by $ 1.50 per call, lawmakers are still discussing the issue.
One of the people who has been on the Taxi and Limousine Commission in Nassau County is Larry Blessinger, who is vice president of six taxi and limo companies in Nassau and also the president of Nassau & Suffolk Taxi Owners Association.
Rules prohibiting ride - hailing services like Uber — and protecting taxi owners — should be thrown out, Paul said.
«We want to invite state Senator Carlucci to sit down with all the taxi owners and figure this out,» said Andre.
De Blasio's all - over-the-place communications strategy was complicated by some pre-existing, and unflattering, facts about his transactional relationship with Uber - imperiled yellow - taxi owners: They gave him a lot of money, and he (at least initially) adopted their policy positions.
Some taxi owners and drivers are already making a case for taxis to be exempted from the proposed surcharge on for - hire vehicles in the task force plan.
Yet the problem with that particular vehicle is it's too expensive for the notoriously «thrifty» (read cheap) taxi owners.
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