Sentences with phrase «yellow taxi industry»

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.

While those «steps» were not spelled out, Mr. Rodriguez has a long history of going to bat for the traditional yellow taxi industry.

De Blasio's mayoral campaign was heavily financed by the yellow taxi industry, and during the campaign, he echoed much of the industry's rhetoric on green borough taxis and the Taxi of Tomorrow, both of which the yellows abhorred.

A lobbyist for the yellow taxi industry, Michael Woloz bundled a whopping $ 231,915 — more than any other fundraiser — for Mayor de Blasio in the month between when the then - public advocate won the Democratic primary in September 2013 and his victory in November.

Earlier Wednesday, Uber unveiled two new television ads accusing Mayor Bill de Blasio of prioritizing the yellow taxi industry over Uber drivers, and accusing him of wanting to kill thousands of jobs.

While working for Bloomberg, Lasher was even once barred from the governor's office during contentious talks over a bill involving the yellow taxi industry.

Mr. Plouffe has pointed out that the yellow taxi industry, an Uber competitor, showered tens of thousands of dollars on Mr. de Blasio's campaigns.

I also think many of the concerns and criticisms of Uber could be related to the yellow taxi industry,» Mr. Stringer said.

Uber says the mayor and the City Council are merely trying to appease their donors in the yellow taxi industry.

Enlisting the support of prominent city Democrats, including Comptroller Scott Stringer and two borough presidents, the company argued through surrogates and a barrage of TV ads that Mr. de Blasio was taking thousands of jobs away from minority and low - income drivers and doing the bidding of the yellow taxi industry, a fierce opponent of any increased competition.

Uber rejected the charge, accusing the mayor of groping for any reason to stymie a threat to the yellow taxi industry, where medallion prices have faltered amid Uber's rise.

The company had depicted Mr. de Blasio as a protector of the yellow taxi industry, whose leaders have been significant campaign contributors to the mayor.

But the city's proposal has sparked skepticism — stoked by Uber — because it resembles one put forth by the yellow taxi industry, and because anything the de Blasio administration does that helps yellow taxis (no matter how earnestly intentioned) requires the following footnote: the industry donated prolifically to his mayoral campaign even as he parroted their rhetoric on everything from borough taxis to the Taxi of Tomorrow.

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