DECEMBERJULY 20102017 •• TAXITAXI INSIDERINSIDER •• PAGEPAGE 11 INSIDER VOL. 18, NO. 12 “The Voice of the NYC Transportation Industry.” DECEMBER 2017 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Page 3, and 8 EDITORIAL • INSIDER NEWS By David Pollack Page 4 • ONE LAST SHOW? TAXI ATTORNEY Sunday November 26th was the fi rst Sunday in York City on Sunday nights simply amazed me at By Michael Spevack about 20 years that I have had all to myself. No wak- fi rst, that was until I met listeners outside the studio Page 9 ing up at 5:00AM and rushing to review surroundings telling me Taxi Dave made and print out the latest taxi-news stories them more knowledgeable - they loved the • and the latest vehicle recalls; No more information not available anywhere else, PUZZLE telling my granddaughters that papa can they loved laughing – I took some pride Page 9 only stay & play until 1:00PM so I could in telling the jokes and yes, people even • prepare for the Taxi Dave Show; No more loved Claire’s on-air laugh. The show was planning family events on Saturdays to real, the show was yours. The Taxi Dave DECEMBER TAXI INSPECTIONS accommodate myself; No more driving Show was a piece of that woven New York Starts on Page 10 90 minutes into Manhattan every Sunday City fabric unlike any of those other talk • to broadcast live from the IHeart Radio shows. One listener referred to the show THERE’S NO EXCUSE OF studios at 32 6th Avenue; No more live as the Fernwood Tonight of radio. Neilson callers; No co-hosts; No guests. I will miss actually had my listenership at 69,000 TRUMPS DISSING OF driving though Manhattan after the Taxi Dave Show one Sunday night and mind you, NO TLC licensed PUERTO RICO witnessing the pulse of the city; when residents are vehicles can use the Neilson electronic monitoring By Jerry Kramer coming home, hipsters are going out and tourists are equipment, meaning the listening audience was actu- Page 11 scampering about with their heads up in wonder at our ally much greater. lighted skyscrapers. Manhattan has an abundance of So here I sit, writing, well knowing we can no • life at almost every corner, even on Sunday evenings longer communicate live over the airwaves or on- VEHICLES APPROVED FOR and I would be lying if I said there was not a void in line Sunday evenings (Except for December 17th). TAXI CABS my heart missing that pulse, that heartbeat, the blood The Taxi Dave Show is ALMOST over. (I do have Page 14 that we all share and that makes New York City the one more radio show on Sunday evening December greatest place to live. 17th). With my major sponsorship fi nished and the • Being the number one radio show “talker” in New (Continued on Page 6) HOW TO CEMMEND A DRIVER Page 16 Respect Women, TNCs are Watching You! • Respect Yourself! Ride-Hailing Data QUOTABLE QUOTES By Larry Fisher Security & Privacy Issues Page 17 Since I started writ- By Matthew W. Daus, Esq. ing this column a few • TNCs’ control over con- TAXICAB DRIVER years ago, I had the idea that an article about the sumer data has raised some BILL OF RIGHTS contributions women concerns as to the privacy Page 19 have made to our in- protections offered by TNCs, dustry was important. and the applicability of the • current U.S. privacy framework COMMISSIONER’S CORNER Merely naming the women involved and to the so-called new “shar- 1 By Merra Joshi enumerating their role ing economy.” In order to Page 25 was not enough for a operate, TNCs such as Uber • column though rec- and Lyft collect, retain, and process massive amounts of EVENTS and More ognizing the likes of Pearl Greenbaum, Mickey Sherman, and Marcia Greenberg would go a long data with respect to their users. This information Page 31 way toward righting that wrong. 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Will you be back on on this? WOR or another station and when? I just recently watched the NYC TLC council You have the best talk radio show available on meeting on YouTube that was held back in Septem- IHeart radio. I hope to hear your show again and ber. I’m disgusted that the commissioner suggested MORE OFTEN! that their be another financial bailout for banks Thank you for what you do. and other institutions. That benefits more those Ted Cart institutions than the driver. The commissioner said Columnists it herself. There is no cap on fhv vehicles like the Thank You yellow cab but when a city council member asked Matthew Daus, Esq. Dear Taxi Dave, if she thinks there should be one. She diverted to Thank you very much for printing my honor roll answer. she also said there isn’t enough information Larry Fisher picture with my family in the taxi insider newspa- and statistical analysis yet regarding fhv pickups per. and drop offs. Is she kidding me? These app com- Gerson Fernandes panies been in NYC for over 3-4 years. And they Nat Goldbetter don’t have any statistics? NYC rat crap! Ira Goldstein, Esq. The Show Tommy Dear Taxi Dave, Abe Mittleman With thousands of owners we should be able to Uber easily keep you afl oat. How much is necessary to begin Dear Taxi Dave, with $10 $20 . It is late but we need to be reaching Park avenue and 48th street to jfk : $157.24 ! Uber Michael Spevack, Esq. out. Most owners need to know we are heard. fare what else? I love how Uber f%@#s New Yorkers Frank C in the a** on rainy days! Jerry Kremer HM What Is Needed Layout & Graphics Dear Taxi Dave, Seat Belt 2,700/10=270 owners The question is how many Dear Taxi Dave, Dragonfl y Graphics LLC Medalion Owners are there? When was the last time you heard a yellow cab What would be the legal concern like WBAI driver was killed in car crash at 10 miles per hour 99.5FM listener supported. Halving 270 with $5.00 speed in Manhattan? I always get out of my cab a month and 540 owners. Maybe even resurrect a helping my passenger with luggage. Now, it has Taxi Insider union or unite with the already existing owners site become a pain in my ass to unlock and lock again on nyc Taxi news.com. my seat belt. Do really government officials care 11 Edge Water lane F. Canzanella for my life weather I live or die? Haverstraw, NY 10927 This same government already killed me one thousand times by reducing my income, erasing Phone: (718) 706-TAXI(8294) Stupid Business and evaporating my life time savings with intro- Dear Taxi Dave, duction of Uber, lyft and Via. The seat belt law — Sh?t for brains! The cash button is right next to should apply only on highways. Another example the credit button.