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Letters Page 2 • EDITORIAL Insider News Page 5, 15, 17, 19 By David Pollack • Taxi Attorney 24 Year Old Summons: By Michael Spevack Page 7 Pay or Else! • Where Did Uber Get.... Imagine being a career taxi driver servicing the their greenbacks, or in plain words: their money. You By Abe Mittleman people of New York City for at least the cannot fool the NYC Taxi Commission Page 7 past 17 years. That is exactly what Gabriel by avoiding the payment of summonses Pineda has been doing. At the age of 65, he because any unpaid summons MUST be • is still driving a yellow cab. For those of paid before the NYC Taxi Commission will The Disconnect you who do not know, you have to renew allow the renewal of any license under their By Larry Fisher your hack license every two years. Yellow jurisdiction. In Gabriel Pineda’s case, has Page 30 taxi drivers have always been held to the been renewing his hack license for at least • highest standards: Drug tests are manda- the last 16 years without any problems or Commissioner’s Corner tory and you have to keep your nose clean unpaid summonses whatsoever. By Meera Joshi regarding your driving record or else you In 1998, after driving a tractor trailer Page 13 will be suspended or revoked. One thing for years, Gabriel decided to get his hack • for sure, the New York City Taxi & Limou- license and drive a yellow cab: So it would Medallion Agents sine makes sure they get there cabbage, their scratch, (Continued on Page 6) Starts on Page 18 • The TNC Business Model May Be Unconstitutional! Quotable Quotes Page 21 Implications of Illinois Federal Court Ruling Citing Equal • Protection Violation Concerns about Chicago’s TNC Law You Be The Judge By Matthew W. Daus, Esq. & Jasmine K. LeVeaux, Associate Page 21 We have been talking a lot in recent months Northern District of Illinois, has redirected the • about the litigation against Transportation Network TNC debate away from TNCs themselves, and NYC Economy Companies (“TNCs”), and the onslaught towards the TNC regulations which create Page 27 and 32 of lawsuits (now nearing fifty cases a bifurcated, yet unbalanced, regulatory • within the United States alone), which scheme for two similarly situated trans- Hotel List are revealing the weaknesses of the TNC portation providers. Page 28 and 30 business model. Among them are worker Last year, an Illinois Transportation • classification issues, inadequate driver Trade Association and other taxi indus- Events and More vetting and unfair competition. Just last try parties, including medallion owners, Starts on Page 29 month, a ruling in the federal lawsuit Il- operators and taxi companies (collec- • linois Transportation Trade Association tively, the “Plaintiffs”) filed a lawsuit Insider Directory v. the City of Chicago, arising out of against the City of Chicago after it en- Page 33 the United States District Court for the (Continued on Page 8) • World News Page 46 TAXI DAVE’S For news and information RADIO SHOW regarding efforts to ensure WOR-710AM that all livery vehicles are complying with the law, go to 8:00 – 9:00 PM www.ourridenyc.com EVERY SUNDAY! PAGE 2 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 JULY 2010 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 1 LETTERS INSIDER Publisher & The Most Evil Cop Anthony Coyne, Editor-in-Chief Badge #929953 Of 17TH Precinct David Pollack Abusing His Power And NYPD! Dear Taxi Dave, I am a medallion owner cab driver. On 10/15/2015 at 1:35 AM, I was waiting for a passenger in front of the Marriott hotel located on East 49th Street and Lexington Avenue. TLC enforcement was working in front of that hotel and one enforcement agent came to me and told me to move my car because they were working there. Then I moved my car by turning the right Columnists indicator light, checking my mirrors, turning around and fi nally pulling out slowly. I didn’t even drive one Matthew Daus, Esq. block, when police offi cer Anthony Coyne pulled me Tony Falese over at east 48th Street and Lexington Avenue. Offi cer Coyne issued me a bogus summons for an “unsafe lane Larry Fisher change” (AAY3259351). This is the same unwarranted summons he has written to thousands of other taxi Ira Goldstein, Esq. drivers over the past few years just to fi ll his personal Bob Mackle, Esq. yellow taxi quota. Coyne is the worst example of a NYC cop by wasting NYC taxpayer money and lying Abe Mittleman on theses summonses. Yet he continues to write phony summonses and remains unpunished for his purgery . It Alan Plafker was impossible for me to make an “unsafe lane change” the way I pulled out and especially in front of TLC Michael Spevack, Esq. enforcement. The most interesting matter and proof of his corrupt actions, is that Coyne the liar, issued me three summonses at same location on 01/17/2013 for Layout & Graphics “unsafe lane change” (AAT7406361), “fail to signal lane change” (AAT7406372) and “fail to present docu- Dragonfl y Graphics LLC ments” (AAT7406383). Think about this: 2 years and 9 months prior to this summons Coyne issued me the same summons at 1:40AM as compared to 1:35AM Taxi Insider this time at the same exact location! In January of 2013 police offi cer Coyne aggressively 14 Alexander Drive was pulling over 2 or 3 yellow cabs with his fl ash light at late nights (slow nights) and issued these three summonses to all drivers for no reason. He is a disgrace Washingtonville, NY 10992 to the NYPD uniform, a disgrace to NYC and a disgrace to humanity. This police offi cer defi nitely has some kind of psychological issues with the yellow cab drivers. He has taken distinct pleasure issuing bogus Phone: (718) 706-TAXI(8294) tickets to yellow cab drivers circulating within a certain area of midtown ranging from 57th street to 32nd — street and from 1st Avenue to Lexington Avenue. We are professional taxi drivers and work all over the city. We never receive these types of summonses anywhere except in Coyne’s17th precinct zone. Do we drive E-mail:[email protected] safely all over the city but forget safe driving after entering the 17th precinct zone? Police offi cer Anthony Coyne needs a refresher course in three words: “courtesy”, “professionalism” and “respect” that are printed on each police vehicle. If NYC properly investigates all the complaints made against police offi cer Anthony Coyne, badge # 929953, the truth of his abuse of power will be revealed. Copyright © 2015 by TAXI INSIDER. All Abul Asad Khan rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part therof may be reproduced, copied, Yellows Rule or transmitted in any form, electronic or Dear Taxi Dave, INDEPENDENT mechanical including photocopying, mi- Greed seems to be intensifying with Uber. I took crofi lming, recording or by any information a yellow taxi retrieving system without the express written from 14th Street, just west of University to 23rd OWNER permission of the publishers. The copyright Street and 7th Avenue. The meter was $7.30. I had is extended to the design and text created put in for an estimate on my smart phone for an Uber Looking For A Driver for advertisements. This publication will and their price was between $12-$15. 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The Dispatch Fee will be reviewed the Charter of the City of New later than the end of April in each hire (e.g., lesser fuel efficiency of the and adjustments made annually or at the York (“Charter”) that the Taxi and year beginning in 2017. vehicles), the rules provide to Drivers time of any Rates of Fare changes. Limousine Commission (“TLC”) The rules: per-trip payments from the Taxicab These rules are authorized by Sec- promulgates rules which amend • Establish requirements for Me- Improvement Fund for all passenger tion 2303 of the Charter and Section existing rules relating to the Taxi dallion Owners (or their Agents) to trips while driving an Accessible 19-503 of the Administrative Code of Improvement Fund, the Accessible receive payments from the Taxicab Taxicab. TLC will calculate the per- the City of New York. Taxicab Dispatch Fee, and the Leases Improvement Fund for: trip amount by dividing a minimum New Material is underlined for certain Accessible taxicabs placed 1. A one-time Hack-up payment of seventy (70) percent of the Driver [Material inside brackets indicates into service. of $14,000. This amount represents portion of the Taxi Improvement Fund deleted material.] These rules are promulgated pur- the approximate maximum difference collected in the previous calendar Section 1. The defi nition of Dispatch suant to Sections 1043 and 2303 of between the cost of the accessible year by the estimated number of trips Fee set forth in section 51-03 of Title the Charter and Section 19-503 of and non-accessible versions of the in an Accessible Taxicab in the current 35 of the Rules of the City of New York the Administrative Code of the City Nissan NV200 Taxi. calendar year. Allocations to Drivers is amended to read as follows: of New York. 2. Periodic operational payments of this calculated per-trip amount will Dispatch Fee is the fee payable to These rules were published on during the four-year operational life be made periodically. the Driver of an Accessible Taxicab August 18, 2015, for public comment of an Accessible Taxicab totaling Any undistributed amount from for completing a trip dispatched by in the City Record. On September 17, $4,000 per year and consisting of: the Driver portion of the Taxi Im- the Accessible Taxi Dispatcher. [The 2015 a public hearing was held by the • $1,500 per year for estimated provement Fund will be held in fee will be determined and paid by TLC at its offices at 33 Beaver Street, additional maintenance costs of the reserve for other potential Driver ben- the Accessible Taxi Dispatcher to the 19th Floor, New York, New York Accessible Taxicab, and, efits relating to Accessibility (e.g., Taxicab Owner, who must pay the fee 10004 and the rules were adopted by • $2,500 per year to cover esti- additional training associated with to the Driver.]The Dispatch Fee will the Commission at a public meeting mated lost revenue associated with driving an Accessible Taxicab), and be [$6 for trips under .5 miles; $10 for held on October 15, 2015. Pursuant to additional days the Accessible Taxi- to account for the expected increase trips between .5 miles and 1 mile; and section 1043(e)(1)(c) of the Charter, cab may be off of the road for the in the number of Accessible Taxicab $15 for all trips over 1 mile] calculated these rules will take effect 30 days additional maintenance. trips in future years. The Driver per- by combining: after publication. TLC estimated operational costs trip payment amount will be posted (1) an amount compensating the Statement of Basis and Purpose by surveying accessible owner- on the TLC Web site. Driver for the time and distance trav- These rules amend the TLC’s drivers on maintenance costs for • Amend the lease rates by requir- eled to the Passenger location. This rules regarding how a portion of accessible vehicles and by compar- ing a $77 per week credit to the Driver amount will be based on TLC data the Taxicab Improvement Fund will ing the number of annual revenue during the four year period when the for the average cost of a total fare at be distributed to Medallion Own- shifts performed between accessible Medallion Owner is required to place existing Rates of Fare in one-half mile ers who have placed into service and non-accessible taxi vehicles an Accessible Taxicab into service increments (up to a maximum distance an accessible taxicab as required during 2013. Yearly payments for under §58-50 of the TLC Rules. of 2.5 miles), and under subdivisions (a) through (c), operational costs will be divided This lease credit offsets the peri- (2) an amount compensating the or have assumed the accessibility into three equal payments and made odic Accessible Vehicle operational Driver for time in waiting for and as- requirement of another Owner under following each vehicle’s Tri-Annual payments of $4,000 per year to the sisting the Passenger into the vehicle subdivision (e) of §58-50 of the TLC Inspection. Medallion Owner. of ten minutes at the existing Rates of Rules. These rules also provide for Based on written comments • Amend the Accessible Taxicab Fare for time. If no Passenger appears, the distribution of a portion of the submitted to TLC and testimony at Dispatch Fee to increase amounts the Driver shall still be entitled to this Taxi Improvement Fund to drivers the public hearing, and in an effort paid to Drivers who complete a trip amount. of accessible taxicabs, and modify to ensure the success of the acces- dispatched by the Accessible Taxi The Dispatch Fee will include tolls the lease rate for accessible taxicabs sible vehicle programs, owners of Dispatcher. Drivers will be paid a to the pickup location and will also placed into service under §58-50 of the Accessible Medallions that were fee that includes: include an additional $5 Passenger the TLC Rules. Additionally, these originally issued as Accessible Me- • An amount for the time and no-show fee [for wait time if the Driver rules amend the Accessible Taxicab dallions will also receive a portion distance traveled to the Passenger waits for the passenger for more than Dispatch Fee to be paid to drivers. of the Taxi Improvement Fund pro- location. This amount will be based 10 minutes after the later of either the Rules previously adopted by the ceeds. Since owners of unrestricted on TLC data for average cost of total appointed pickup time or the Driver’s TLC provide for the Taxicab Improve- medallions will receive payments fares at existing Rates of Fare in one- arrival at the pickup location (the $5 is ment Surcharge and the establishment from the Taxicab Improvement Fund half mile increments for distances of also payable] if [no] the [p]Passenger of the Taxi Improvement Fund, as well for placing accessible vehicles into up to 2.5 miles. does not appear[s] at the pickup loca- as the process for medallion owner service on an alternating cycle under • Waiting and Passenger as- tion within a ten minute period[)].The remittance of the collected amounts to §58-50 of the TLC Rules, Accessible sistance time of ten minutes at the Dispatch Fee will be posted on the the TLC. The TLC will propose rules Medallion owners will also receive existing Rates of Fare for time. TLC Website and the amounts will be in the near future to establish distribu- payments from the Fund for vehicles The chart below provides a compari- reviewed by the Chair annually or at the tion criteria for the Street Hail Livery placed into service on an alternating son of existing and proposed Dispatch time of any Rate of Fare changes. Improvement Fund. The TLC expects cycle, beginning with the next vehicle Fees based on distance travelled to the Examples: 1) Distance to Pas- the Street Hail Livery Improvement they place into service following the Passenger’s pickup location: senger pickup is 0.5 miles. TLC trip Fund distribution criteria to differ adoption of these Rules. gpp from those of the Taxi Improvement In order to maintain operational Distance Travelled to Existing Dispatch Fee Schedule Proposed Dispatch Fee Fund, given the differences in the payments to owners at reasonable lev- Customer’s Pickup Location
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number of accessible vehicles and els, TLC may not distribute all of the Up to .5 miles $6 $10 the number of trips between the two. funds collected in any given year in Currently, Accessible Street Hail view of the expected steady increase .5 – 1 miles $10 $15 Livery vehicles are being subsidized in the number of Accessible Taxicabs 1 - 1.5 miles $15 $20 through the Accessible Street Hail being put into service in future years. 1.5 – 2 miles $15 $25 Livery Grant program. The TLC will In addition, the Owner portion of the be working with the Street Hail Livery Taxi Improvement Fund will provide Over 2 miles $15 $30 industry to develop programs for fund for the costs of the Accessible Dis- (Continued on Page 15) PAGE 6 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 24 Year Old Summons TAXI AND FOR-HIRE VEHICLE (Continued from Page 1) RELIEF STANDS DOT is not responsible regulating taxis. Taxis are regulated by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. DOT does regulate taxi relief stands Taxi relief stands allow drivers to park their vehicles for up to one hour. This affords drivers the opportunity to leave their vehicles and take care of personal needs. Taxi relief stands should not be confused with taxi stands, which are locations where drivers can wait, in their cars, to pick up passengers. The type column indicates if the relief stand is for taxis alone, or both taxis and For-Hire Vehicles (FHVs). Staten Island currently has no relief stands. BRONX TYPE LOCATION CROSS STREET Taxi Jerome Ave. (E. Side) Eliot Pl. & E. 170th St. Taxi Metropolitan Ave. (N. Side) Purdy St. & Red Oak Dr.

MANHATTAN EAST SIDE ABOVE 23RD STREET Taxis E.77th St.(N. Side) First & Second Aves. Taxis E. 86th St. (N. Side) Henderson Pl. & York Ave. Taxis E. 78th Street (N. Side) Lexington & Third Ave. Taxis E. 78th St. (S. Side) Lexington & Third Ave. Taxis & FHVs E. 29th St. (S. Side) Madison & Fifth Ave. Taxis E. 27th St. (N. Side) Park Ave. S. & Madison Ave. Taxis & FHVs E.28th St. (N. Side) Park Av. S. & Lexington Ave. Taxis & FHVs Madison Ave. (W. Side) E. 26th & 27th St. Taxis E. 26th Street (S. Side) Third & Second Aves.

MANHATTAN WEST SIDE ABOVE 23RD STREET be impossible for him to receive a the TLC contacted him and said that Taxis W. 55th St. (S. Side) Tenth & Eleventh Aves. summons from the TLC prior to 1998, he had an outstanding summons from Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W.Side) W. 55th & 56th Sts. right? Wrong! 1991! There is just one problem with Taxis & FHVs Eighth Ave. (E. Side) W. 52nd & 53rd Sts. Taxis Broadway (E. Side) W. 48th & 47th Sts. Last year Gabriel became ill, had this summons, Gabriel did not have a Taxis Eighth Ave. (W. Side) W. 46th & 47th Sts. three surgeries and could not renew hack license at that time or even that Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 39th & 40th Sts. his hack license for the fi rst time in year. In fact, that was 24 years ago Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 38th & 39th Sts. 17 years. After three surgeries and the while Gabriel was still driving a trac- Taxis Broadway (E. Side) W. 43rd & 42nd Sts. effects of morphine he decided that tor trailer! He explained the situation Taxis Ninth Ave. (E. Side) W. 42nd & 41st Sts. he would wait until the effects of the and told them it had to be a mistake, Taxis West 39th St. (S. Side) Eighth & Ninth Aves. morphine wore off and then RE-apply and that there was no reason for a sum- Taxis Ninth Ave. (E. Side) W. 30th & 29th Sts. for his hack license. He reapplied for mons 24 years ago. His answer: “Pay the hack license, passed the drug test the $100 fi ne, or you cannot get your MANHATTAN BELOW 23RD STREET and was awaiting his hack license when hack license”. Taxis E. 23rd St. First & Second Aves. Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 22nd & 23rd Sts. Taxis Third Ave. (W. Side) E. 14th & 15th Sts. Taxis & FHVs Third Ave. (W. Side) E. 15th & 14th Sts. Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W.13th & 14th Sts. Taxis Sixth Ave. (W. Side) Thompson & Grand Sts. Taxis & FHVs Canal St. (N. Side) E. Broadway & Essex St. Taxis Park Row (SE. Side) Ann & Beekman Sts. Taxis & FHVs Fulton St. (S. Side) Broadway & Church St. Taxis & FHVs South St. (N. Side) Old Slip & Broad St. Taxis & FHVs Water St. (W. Side) Whitehall & Broad Sts. Taxis Whitehall St. (W. Side) South & State Sts,

BROOKLYN Taxis N. Sixth St. (N. Side) Berry St. & Wythe Ave. Taxis Fourth Ave. (W. Side) Third & Sixth Sts.

QUEENS Taxis & FHVs 43rd Ave. (N. side) 11th & 12th Sts. Taxis 44th Rd. (N. Side) 21st & 11th Sts. Taxis & FHVs Hunterspoint Ave. 27th & 30th Sts. Taxis 31st St. (W. Side) 34th & 35th Aves. Taxis & FHVs 43rd Ave. 36th & 37th Sts. Taxis 34th St. (W. Side) 37th & 38th Aves. Taxis Skillman Ave. 37th & 36th Sts. Taxis Queens Blvd. (S. Side) 50th & 51st Sts. Taxis Queens Blvd. 55th & 54th Sts. Taxis & FHVs 45th Ave. (S. side) Jackson Ave. & 23rd St. Taxis & FHVs Pearson St. (W. Side) Jackson Ave. & dead end Taxis 49th St. Newtown Rd & Northern Blvd. Taxis 55th St. Queens Blvd & Roosevelt Ave. Taxis Van Dam St. Queens Blvd & Skillman Ave. Taxis & FHVs 36th St. Skillman & 43rd Aves. Don’t risk a summons trying to fi nd a Relief Stand on the list that the TLC web site provides. Texting or searching on-line while in your cab is against the law. Keep this list in your taxi for future use! Photo By David Pollack NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 7 The Taxi Attorney Where Did Uber Get Hello everybody, I hope that you on Sunday evenings between 8pm are working hard and making good and 9pm. David Pollack is the host. My Personal Info? money during this hectic He is smart, entertaining, By Abe Mittleman time of the year. This informative and best of I have never done any business with going to drive again, I allowed myself month I want to talk all, knows the truth about UBER. I never intend to do any busi- to sign up. I was given an I-PHONE about seven topics. what is happening in ness with UBER. But some how they that I still have. First, I have moved your Industry. Moreover, have my personal information! So, I wondered! Was this the phone my office to Queens he has the highest rated On my cell phone I received this they were referring to? HAILO pulled again in order to better show on radio in his time text message: The deadline to return out of New York and the rest of north help drivers. My new slot in the NYC Metro your Uber-issued device is December America some time ago. Did UBER offi ce is in Rego Park, area! So, please tune in 15th. Phone may be returned to one of buy this information and rights to any Queens. It is close to to listen. our Partner Support Centers. Locations property that may be in possession of the the two airports and just Fifth, remember to here: t.uber.com/NYCPSC drivers that signed up in New York? about a 10 minute drive bring me your DMV and Dumbfounded, I sent an email to I did some Google searching and the from TLC in Long Island TLC tickets. It is impor- UBER from an unidentifi able email only thing I could fi nd out was that there City. Also, there is meter tant to fi ght all your DMV address (not my email that is listed) was not any friendship between the two parking available and a parking lot in (issued by NYPD) and TLC tickets. explaining that the phone number they start ups. They were in fact at war with the building in case you are in a rush Be careful. Don’t skimp on the lawyer sent this text message to has to be an each other. Just about everyone is at war to see me. My new address is 97-77 only to lose your license later. Please error. They replied with an appoligy. with UBER. So, no surprises here. Queens Blvd., Suite 1120, Rego Park, fi ght every yellow or pink ticket you The next day I received an email from Still not sure, I decided to email NY 11374. I am in an offi ce suite receive from NYPD and every TLC UBER at my very identifi able email ad- HAILO and offer to return the phone. with Crosstown Companies, a large ticket you receive. If you are uncer- dress asking me, by name, to verify the I don’t need it and I never used it. At real estate fi rm, so PLEASE CALL tain whether to use an attorney for a mobile number on my UBER account. this time, I don’t think I’ll ever use it. ME TO ARRANGE AN APPOINT- particular ticket, please come see me What UBER account? I don’t have It didn’t take long for me to get a reply. MENT BEFORE COMING OVER and I will tell you, no charge, if the an account with UBER and how did They thanked me for getting in touch TO THE OFFICE! Also, PLEASE ticket has points and you do or do not they get my name, email address and and told me to keep the phone with their CALL ME AT 212.754.1011 WHEN need an attorney or representative for mobile phone number? And, what about compliments. TOO BAD THEY LEFT YOU REACH SECURITY IN THE a particular summons. this phone they are referring to? NEW YORK! I wish it was UBER who LOBBY AND I WILL MEET YOU Sixth, please take the defensive After 42 years of service as a driver did the leaving. AT THE ELEVATOR DOOR ON THE driver course every 18 months. Do to the NYC taxi industry I picked up my Now, I’m still wondering, HOW 11th Floor to guide you to my offi ce. not wait three years to take the DDC last fare in November of 2012. A few DID UBER GET MY NAME, EMAIL I look forward to serving your needs class that takes points off of your NYS months after that I was at the offi ce of AND CELL PHONE NUMBER? JUST and requirements from my new and driver’s license. Please take the course my taxi medallion broker while a repre- WHAT PHONE ARE THEY REFER- improved offi ce space. Hope to see every 18 months so if TLC sends you a sentative from HAILO was signing up RING TO? HOW CAN ANYONE you there! letter to suspend or revoke your Hack drivers. Not 100% sure that I was never TRUST THESE PEOPLE? Second, I am working with a or TLC license you will have taken prestigious and reasonably priced the class before you get such TLC points which are now being combined now and really know what I am do- bankruptcy fi rm in case you need letter. Now TLC is allowing you to with DMV points and can result in ing. Please call me at 212.754.1011 to fi le for Chapter 7, 13 or 11 of the take a course which takes 3 points off your losing your TLC license very or 866.LAW.MIKE to discuss your United States Bankruptcy Code. I your DMV record according to TLC quickly if you speed or talk on your DMV or TLC problem. understand the Industry and am glad calculations after you get a letter from cell phone while driving. Basically, Seventh, now that the “busy” to try to save your assets or liquidate TLC saying you have a suspension or any moving violation now puts you season is upon us it is imperative your assets as the case may be if you revocation coming to you. Also, if you in jeopardy. Call me at 212.754.1011 for taxicab drivers to watch out for need that type of service. Upon my get found guilty of a DMV summons if you want to discuss your DMV or moving violations that arise from graduation in 1992 from NYU School it may be best to take a DDC course TLC tickets. the crowded streets, meaning traf- of Law, I worked for a very presti- AFTER the guilty fi nding at TVB or Also, please note that I will do an fi c. Obstructing traffi c and taxi pick gious bankruptcy law fi rm located in other NYS traffi c courts. excellent job advocating for you at a up or drop off more than 12 inches at 230 Park Avenue. A basic Chapter Moreover, there is a persistent vio- fair and reasonable price, and I have from the curb tickets are very popular 13 which will generally allow you to lator course available to reduce TLC been doing this business for 20 years (Continued on Page 46) keep your home and car etc. is around $6500 for lawyer’s fees. Chapter 11s are more and Chapter 7, when you liquidate your assets, are less. If you need this type of service or if you are considering it, I am glad to talk to you about it and you may contact me at my offi ce during business hours at 212.754.1011 or 866.LAW.MIKE or 866.529.6453. Third, if you are arrested and you possess a TLC license, it is imperative that you hire the best criminal attorney that you can afford and maybe one that you cannot afford. I suggest that you borrow money to pay the attorney. This is so because TLC will hold your li- cense until the criminal case is fi nished and the TLC will take it permanently from you if the criminal matters is NOT resolved to the TLC’s satisfaction. I work with a very high quality criminal attorney who can speed up criminal matters and obtains excellent results, so please call me at 212.754.1011 if you get arrested. Fourth, please listen to the Taxi Dave radio show on 710 am WOR, PAGE 8 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 The TNC Business viable use of the property. disrupted long-settled expectations to the U.S. Constitution, state com- Specifically, Plaintiffs argue and imposed very serious adverse mon law contractual causes of action (Continued from Page 1) that prior Illinois legal precedent consequences, including the de- for breach of contract and equitable acted its TNC ordinance on May 28, recognizes individual medallions as valuation of the more than 6,800 causes of action for promissory estop- 2014. [1] The plaintiffs, in Illinois a property right and holds that the taxi medallions currently in use in pel. The gist of Plaintiff’s arguments Transportation Trade Association relationship between the City and Chicago, which have had a market are that the new TNC Ordinance et al., v. City of Chicago, Case No. medallion holders is contractual, value of at least $2.38 billion (6,800 creates different, less stringent li- 1:14-cv-00827, allege that the City not merely regulatory. A few years x $350,000). Plaintiffs alleged that censing standards for new TNCs of Chicago violated the 5th Amend- ago, medallions in Chicago sold for lenders who hold a security interest for insurance, driver qualifications, ment of the United States Constitution between $325,000 and $375,000. in medallions will see a substantial background checks, vehicle qualifi- by allowing TNCs to operate in the On September 13, 2013, the City loss in substantial value of the col- cations, fares and in other areas than City under less stringent licensing announced that it would auction 50 lateral; the drop in value and related those required of taxis. [2] Some standards while providing the same medallions at a minimum price of uncertainty threatens to cause the examples include: on-demand car services as taxicabs. $360,000. However, Plaintiffs allege credit market that supports financing • Taxis must go through back- Plaintiffs argue that allowing TNCs that this attempt to auction medal- medallions to freeze, thereby causing ground checks conducted by the Chi- to encroach upon the on-demand lions ended on October 18, 2013, a spiral in which medallion values cago Police Department, while TNCs for-hire market, without adhering to unsuccessfully. plummet even further. do their own background checks; the same costly regulations as other Plaintiffs argue that the City’s The Plaintiffs filed a seven count • The City inspects taxis for safety on-demand operators, depreciates decision not to apply its Taxi Ordi- lawsuit, in February 2014, alleging, and maintenance, while TNCs can medallion values to the extent that nance in any meaningful way to the inter alia, equal protection violations be inspected without a City-defined it leaves no reasonable economically unlawful operations of TNCs has under the 5th and 14th amendments standard; • Taxis must maintain liability MANHATTAN POLICE PRECINCTS insurance of a minimum of $350,000 Precinct Address Direct line 1 Precinct 16 Ericsson Place 1-212-334-0611 Police Precincts per occurrence and workers compen- sation insurance costing over $4,000 5 Precinct 19 Elizabeth Street 1-212-334-0711 In New York City per year, while TNCs are required to 6 Precinct 233 West 10 Street 1-212-741-4811 maintain insurance, but not through 7 Precinct 19 1/2 Pitt Street 1-212-477-7311 Taxi Insider Info an insurance company authorized to 9 Precinct 130321 AvenueEast 5th C Street 1-212-477-7811 conduct business in Illinois (instead 10 Precinct 230 West 20th Street 1-212-741-8211 71 Precinct 421 Empire Boulevard 1-718-735-0511 of primary insurance required of 13 Precinct 230 East 21st Street 1-212-477-7411 72 Precinct 830 4th Avenue 1-718-965-6311 taxicabs, TNCs can obtain excess Midtown South Precinct coverage on top of a lesser primary 73 Precinct 1470 East New York Avenue 1-718-495-5411 MSP 357 West 35th Street 1-212-239-9811 minimum of $20,000 while await- 75 Precinct 1000 Sutter Avenue 1-718-827-3511 17 Precinct 167 East 51st Street 1-212-826-3211 ing dispatch, and $1 million while 76 Precinct 191 Union Street 1-718-834-3211 Midtown North Precinct providing a ride, with no workers 77 Precinct 127 Utica Avenue 1-718-735-0611 MNP 306 West 54th Street 1-212-767-8400 compensation required). 78 Precinct 65 6th Avenue 1-718-636-6411 Uber joined the proceedings 19 Precinct 153 East 67th Street 1-212-452-0600 79 Precinct 263 Tompkins Avenue 1-718-636-6611 shortly after the lawsuit was filed as a 20 Precinct 120 West 82nd Street 1-212-580-6411 81 Precinct 30 Ralph Avenue 1-718-574-0411 “non-party”, but filed no substantive Central Park Precinct 83 Precinct 480 Knickerbocker Avenue 1-718-574-1605 motions in connection to the claims 86th St & Transverse Road 1-212-570-4820 84 Precinct 301 Gold Street 1-718-875-6811 asserted by Plaintiff. Several drivers 23 Precinct 162 East 102nd Street 1-212-860-6411 88 Precinct 298 Classon Avenue 1-718-636-6511 of the TNCs, SideCar, Lyft and Uber, 24 Precinct 151 West 100th Street 1-212-678-1811 90 Precinct 211 Union Avenue 1-718-963-5311 however, also joined the lawsuit as 25 Precinct 120 East 119th Street 1-212-860-6511 “intervenors” seeking to have the 94 Precinct 100 Meserole Avenue 1-718-383-3879 26 Precinct 520 West 126th Street 1-212-678-1311 Plaintiffs’ Complaint dismissed for failure to state a claim. In December 28 Precinct 2271-89 8th Avenue 1-212-678-1611 QUEENS POLICE PRECINCTS 30 Precinct 451 West 151st Street 1-212-690-8811 2014, the City moved to dismiss the Precinct Address Direct line Plaintiffs’ Complaint for failure to 32 Precinct 250 West 135th Street 1-212-690-6311 100 Precinct 92-24 Rockaway Beach Blvd. 1-718-318-4200 state a claim, alleging that Plaintiff’s 33 Precinct 2207 Amsterdam Avenue 1-212-927-3200 101 Precinct 16-12 Mott Avenue 1-718-868-3400 causes of action were not supported 34 Precinct 4295 Broadway 1-212-927-9711 102 Precinct 87-34 118th Street 1-718-805-3200 by legal precedent. United States District Court Judge Sharon John- BRONX POLICE PRECINCTS 103 Precinct 168-02 P.O. Edwaard Byrne Ave. 1-718-657-8181 104 Precinct 64-02 Catalpa Avenue 1-718-386-3004 son Coleman dismissed five of the Precinct Address Direct line counts, but upheld two of the counts. 105 Precinct 92-08 222nd Street 1-718-776-9090 40 Precinct 257 Alexander Avenue 1-718-402-2270 Namely, the Court’s ruling that the 106 Precinct 103-53 101st Street 1-718-845-2211 41 Precinct 1035 Longwood Avenue 1-718-542-4771 Plaintiffs’ equal protection argument 107 Precinct 71-01 Parsons Boulevard 1-718-969-5100 42 Precinct 830 Washington Avenue 1-718-402-3887 had a legal basis and should proceed 108 Precinct 5-47 50th Avenue 1-718-784-5411 43 Precinct 900 Fteley Avenue 1-718-542-0888 to trial, has caused waves throughout 109 Precinct 37-05 Union Street 1-718-321-2250 44 Precinct 2 East 289th Street 1-718-590-5511 the nation. 110 Precinct 94-41 43rd Avenue 1-718-476-9311 45 Precinct 2877 Barkley Avenue 1-718-822-5411 In analyzing a Motion to Dismiss, 111 Precinct 45-06 215th Street 1-718-279-5200 the Court must consider the Federal 46 Precinct 2120 Ryer Avenue 1-718-220-5211 112 Precinct 68-40 Austin Street 1-718-520-9311 Rules to determine whether Plaintiff 47 Precinct 4111 Laconia Avenue 1-718-920-1211 113 Precinct 167-02 Baisley Boulevard 1-718-712-7733 has made well-pled factual allega- 48 Precinct 450 Cross Bronx Expressway 1-718-299-3900 114 Precinct 34-16 Astoria Boulevard 1-718-626-9311 tions that, if accepted as true, would 49 Precinct 2121 Eastchester Road 1-718-918-2000 115 Precinct 92-15 Northern Boulevard 1-718-533-2002 state a claim to relief that is plausible 50 Precinct 3450 Kingsbridge Avenue 1-718-543-5700 on its face. [3] Facts alleged by non- 52 Precinct 3016 Webster Avenue 1-718-220-5811 movant are accepted to be true, and STATEN ISLAND POLICE PRECINCTS reasonable inferences are drawn in BROOKLYN POLICE PRECINCTS Precinct Address Direct line the non-movant’s favor. Precinct Address Direct line 120 Precinct 78 Richmond Terrace 1-718-876-8500 The Plaintiffs, in Counts II and III 60 Precinct 2951 West 8th Street 1-718-946-3311 122 Precinct 2320 Hylan Boulevard 1-718-667-2211 of the complaint, allege violations of 61 Precinct 2575 Coney Island Avenue 1-718-627-6611 123 Precinct 116 Main Street 1-718-948-9311 the equal protection clause for dispa- rate application of the taxi ordinance 62 Precinct 1925 Bath Avenue 1-718-236-2611 before the TNC ordinance under 63 Precinct 1844 Brooklyn Avenue 1-718-258-4411 Questions? Comments? Count II, and after the enactment of 66 Precinct 5822 16th Avenue 1-718-851-5611 the TNC ordinance under Count III. 67 Precinct 2820 Snyder Avenue 1-718-287-3211 E-Mail Taxi Insider at The City argued that plaintiffs could 68 Precinct 333 65th Street 1-718-439-4211 not show they were not similarly 69 Precinct 9720 Foster Avenue 1-718-257-6211 [email protected] situated to TNCs and that Plaintiffs 70 Precinct 154 Lawrence Avenue 1-718-851-5511 (Continued on Page 16) NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 9

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Throughout this process, in order to submit their application in- them into distance and wait time calcu- we found drivers who took issue with person. Walk-in applicants without an lations. A GPS-enabled virtual meter lost fare opportunities resulting from appointment will no longer be accepted uses laser-precise satellite “pings,” the current shift change structure dur- after October 26. among other things, to constantly up- ing the evening rush hours, which sets Those wanting to fi le an in-person date distance and time measurements. a strict return time for the vehicle, and application must fi rst submit an ap- The TLC is an active participant in a the risk of a late fee. We also heard pointment request by going to the national working group to defi ne meth- from some drivers who, aside from the TLC’s website (www.nyc.gov/taxi). ods of testing and securing these types concerns about the infl exibility of the Every applicant will be required to of meters and this pilot will allow us to current lease structures, referred to the have a valid e-mail address in order to stay on the forefront of the conversa- stress associated with the fundamental submit an appointment request. All of tion and contribute valuable lessons issue of starting their shift “in the red” the important information you will need learned and data to that working group after paying a set lease price at the about your appointment will be sent to Hello again, everyone… I hope you in conjunction with the New York State beginning of their shift. Additionally, the e-mail address you provide. are all enjoying the change of season Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of TLC rules also require that medallion If you submit your application on- and cooler temperatures. It’s been an- Weights and Measures, which will be leases be available to drivers for 12 line through the TLC’s online transac- other busy month for us, so let’s jump working closely with the TLC for the consecutive hours, which prohibits tion system (LARS), there will be no right into it! duration of the pilot. shorter leases. need for you to also fi ll out a separate During the TLC’s monthly Com- The pilot’s overarching purpose is Participating medallion owners will appointment request. Once we receive mission Meeting on October 15, the to see what advantages can be realized be exempt from the 12-consecutive- your online application, we will then use Board of Commissioners unanimously with this type of technology. Similar hour rule and will be permitted to lease that information to send you a future approved two new pilot programs, one to some of our other pilot programs (E- medallions for shorter periods of time. appointment date which will be needed of which will test GPS-based metering Hail and Vehicle Safety Technology) we They will also be exempt from requiring in order to submit the additional docu- systems, and other streamlined taxi owe it to passengers and our regulated drivers to pay the traditional 12-hour ments required for licensure. technology solutions. The second will industries to explore the potential value lease rate governed by the TLC’s lease For more information about this allow for medallion owners to alter of emerging technologies. cap rules. Instead, drivers will pay a set process, please visit www.nyc.gov/tlc the current lease cap structure and the Just like with existing taxi technol- percentage, which will be no more than and read Industry Notice 15-41 by fol- rates drivers pay for their shifts to al- ogy, passengers will be able to follow 35%, of their farebox revenue. lowing the link in TLC News. low them both to voluntarily explore the fare (and other information) on a We are hopeful that, by allowing I would also like to remind everyone a commission-based business model. well-positioned display pad. As pre- for a more fl exible leasing structure, that if you fi le your application online, Each of these pilot programs will last scribed by Local Law, the participants’ pilot participants will be able to lease you can use the application fi ling receipt for up to one year. devices must be accessible to persons out more taxicabs during peak hours to sign-up for taxi school, Wheelchair The Alternative Technology Solu- with visual impairments, in addition to of demand, improving driver earnings, Accessible Vehicle (WAV) training, and tion Pilot Program will test devices utilizing the credit industry’s highest while potentially increasing the number your drug test while you wait for your that would include a GPS-based “vir- security standards. of taxis available to passengers during appointment date. For more informa- tual” meter, which would use Global The second approved pilot program, the hours they need them the most. tion about using your online receipt to Positioning Systems (GPS) and poten- which we are calling the Taxi Fare With that being said, we are also sign-up for these other requirements, tially other complementary systems to Share Pilot, will enhance fl exibility open to contemplating other alternative please visit our website and read In- accurately calculate taxi fares using in the leasing arrangements made be- lease structures, such as an hourly cap, dustry Notice 15-37. the same distance/wait time formula. tween medallion owners/agents and and welcome the industries input. That’s all I’ve got to share for this Testing protocols for this new type of drivers. We’re cautiously optimistic Also, to help increase effi ciencies for month. Until next time, stay safe, stay system will include running carefully- that the changes to leasing structures license processing, we are introducing a warm and drive like your family lives measured trips and comparing them to for pilot participants will lead to in- new appointment system for applicants here! Street Stories By RH Stovall, Jr. Snow Job It was 2:00 AM. I had just picked front just happened to come down the up a passenger at Newark Airport. His deserted country snowy road. I fl agged destination was Sparta, New Jersey, in down the driver to ask him for help. He the northwest corner of the state, close to then started his interrogation. “Are you the Pennsylvania border. It was snowing going to work or coming home from outside. work?” What does it matter? I thought. I The snow was coming down at a furi- realized that I was in no position to argue ous pace. I could barely see the road in with him or be sarcastic, so I patiently front of me. Cars were skidding off the explained that I’m a limo driver and just road in front of me. dropped off my last passenger. An hour later, we fi nally got to within He bought this and then continued his a quarter mile of the passenger’s house interrogation. “You look like a reporter and my car got stuck in a snow drift after with your fancy trench coat coat. Are you making a turn. It didn’t help that I only one of those fancy news reporters I see on had rear wheel drive. By now the snow TV?” He asked. I patiently said no and was two feet deep and my car wasn’t going again explained that I’m a limo driver. anywhere. The passenger jumped out of He thought my story checked out so he the car and said: “I’ll walk home from plowed me out. here. Good night and good luck!” Although this story is a bit bizarre, By this time, it was 3:30 AM. I called I’m grateful for the inquisitive snow plow dispatch to request a tow truck to pull me driver who saved me from freezing to out. They said a truck would be there by death in this snow job. 9 AM. It was 5 below zero so I had to RH StovallJr., is a driver for Royal fi gure out Plan B. Coachman, based in Denville, NJ. He can A pick up truck with a snow plow in be reached at [email protected]. Photo By David Pollack PAGE 14 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 yp Hereford Insurance Company Established 1982 • Licensed by the New York State Insurance Department 36-01 43rd Avenue, LIC, NY 11101 • Tel: 718-361-9191 • Fax: 718-361-6243 Accident Report Checklist If You Are Involved In An Accident, You Should Collect The Following Informa- DEFENSIVE DRIVING tion: • All involved drivers & passengers name, address, license number and phone COURSE SCHEDULE number. Classes will be offered the following Saturdays: • Owner name, address and phone number (if different from driver). • Insurance company names or 3-digit code, policy number, and expiration date. December 19, 2015 • Witness, or witness’s name, address and phone number. All Hereford insured will receive the course at no cost: • Obtain the phone number and precinct number of the responding police of- Classes will be held in the third floor event room at: fi cers. HEREFORD INSURANCE COMPANY 36-01 43RD AVENUE, LIC, NEW YORK 11101 • Obtain the name of all responding police offi cers and the accident report num- Our classes are recognized by: ber. • Taxi and Limousine Commission for required license renewals. • Obtain the name, address and phone number of any medical facility anyone • Department of Motor Vehicles for the Point Reduction. involved is taken to from the scene by ambulance. • Insurance carriers for rate reduction. • Obtain the name, address and phone number of any tow trucks responding to ALL CLASSES BEGIN AT 9:00A.M., AND END AT 3:00P.M. and removing vehicles from the scene. Reservations Are Necessary. • Take pictures of all the vehicles involved. Make sure you take the point of impact All drivers must provide proof of Insurance. and all sides of all vehicles involved from all angles. Take photos of the skid marks, For additional information please contact: traffi c signals, and any related factors that may have caused the accident. Take photos BERTRAM MERLING - Loss Control Coordinator of the scene from up close and from a distance. Photograph nearby buildings and 718-361-9191 EXT. 7235 • [email protected] stores as witnesses may have witnessed the accident from inside and were unable to come forward at the scene. • Always anticipate that a taxi or vehicle for hire may stop suddenly and without • Under no circumstances should you attempt to settle the accident at the scene warning to respond to a street hail. by offering to or accepting cash from any involved driver or passenger • Do not proceed when the traffi c signal turns green, without scanning the entire area, to be sure vehicles are not making unsafe last minute turns in front of you. Rear End Collision Accidents • Always be aware of the surrounding vehicles, and maintain a safe following • Rear end collisions are caused by drivers tailgating, and not maintaining safe distance. Do not allow your vehicle to be part of insurance fraud, when a vehicle in following distances. front of you stops for no apparent reason, and the vehicle next to you (conspiring with • Always maintain a safe following distance, and add time and distance for being the vehicle in front of you) prevents you from taking evasive action. tired, stressed, wet roads, icy roads, slippery substances (newly paved streets and • Always try to have a clear lane on all sides when traveling on the highway. roads) and deer crossings. • Texting or using a cell phone while driving may cause a driver to go slow and cause a Rear End Collision. NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 15 Insider News (Continued from Page 5) tion 58-03 of the Rules of the City a credit to the Driver of $77 per week Section 6. Subparagraph (vi) of data indicates that an average fare of New York is amended to read as for the four year period of time re- paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of for a 0.5 mile trip is $5.00. Driver follows: quired in section 58-50(f) of these section 58-21 of Title 35 of the Rules receives $5.00 for this portion, and (g) Dispatch Fee. The fee payable Rules. This reduction is the result of the City of New York is amended an additional $5.00 which reflects a to the Driver of an Accessible Taxicab of the Medallion Owner’s receipt of by adding a new item E. to read as wait time of 10 minutes at $0.50 per for completing a trip dispatched by payment under sections 58-50 (j)(1) follows: minute. Total is $10.00 ($5.00 and the Accessible Taxi Dispatcher. The (ii) and (j)(2) of these Rules. E. For leases of Medallions for $5.00) plus any tolls to the pickup amount of the Dispatch Fee will be Section 5. Item B. of subparagraph which the Medallion Owner must location. 2) Distance to Passenger [$6 for trips under .5 miles; $10 for (ii) of paragraph (4) of subdivision place an Accessible Taxicab into pickup is 1.0 miles. Driver receives trips between .5 miles and 1 mile; (c) of section 58-21 of Title 35 of service as required under subdivi- $10.00 for this portion and an addi- and $15 for all trips over 1 mile] the Rules of the City of New York is sions (a) through (c) or (e) of section tional $5.00 for the wait time for a calculated by combining: amended to read as follows: 58-50 of these Rules or is currently total of $15.00 (plus any tolls to the (1) an amount compensating the B. $952 weekly for the lease of receiving payments under section pickup location). Driver for the time and distance trav- the Medallion, if the vehicle complies 58-50(j)(2) of these rules, a credit Section 2. Subdivision (e) of sec- eled to the Passenger location. This with the requirements of Sections to the Driver in the weekly payment tion 53-03 of Title 35 of the Rules of amount will be based on TLC data 67-05.1 or 67-05.2 of these Rules, in the amount of $77 as a result of the City of New York is amended to for the average cost of a total fare plus $275 weekly for the portion of the Medallion Owner’s receipt of read as follows: at existing Rates of Fare in one-half the lease covering the conditional payment under section 58-50 (j)(1) (e) Dispatch Fee. The fee payable mile increments (up to a maximum purchase of the vehicle, except that (ii) of these Rules. to the Driver of an Accessible Taxicab distance of 2.5 miles), and if the Medallion Owner must place Section 7. Section 58-50 of Title for completing a trip dispatched by (2) an amount compensating the an Accessible Taxicab into service 35 of the Rules of the City of New the Accessible Taxi Dispatcher. The Driver for time in waiting for and as- as required under subdivisions (a) York is amended by adding a new amount of the Dispatch Fee will be sisting the Passenger into the vehicle through (c) or (e) of section 58-50 of subdivision (j) to read as follows: [$6 for trips under .5 miles; $10 for of ten minutes at the existing Rates these Rules, or is currently receiving (j) Taxi Improvement Fund Al- trips between .5 miles and 1 mile; of Fare for time. If no Passenger ap- payments under section 58-50 (j)(2) locations. Owners of Medallions and $15 for all trips over 1 mile] pears, the Driver shall still be entitled of these Rules, the weekly lease for and Drivers of Medallions who have calculated by combining: to this amount. that Accessible Taxicab shall include submitted all required forms and (1) an amount compensating the The Dispatch Fee will include tolls a credit to the driver of $77 per week documentation as specified by the Driver for the time and distance trav- to the pickup location[ and will also for the four year period of time re- Chairperson will receive allocations eled to the Passenger location. This include an additional $5 Passenger quired in section 58-50(f) of these from the Taxi Improvement Fund as amount will be based on TLC data no-show fee [for wait time if the Rules. This reduction is the result follows: for the average cost of a total fare Driver waits for the passenger for of the Medallion Owner’s receipt of (1) Owners of Medallions who at existing Rates of Fare in one-half more than 10 minutes after the later payment under sections 58-50 (j)(1) have placed an Accessible Taxicab mile increments (up to a maximum of either the appointed pickup time (ii) and (j)(2) of these Rules. (Continued on Page 15) distance of 2.5 miles), and or the Driver’s arrival at the pickup (2) an amount compensating the location (the $5 is also payable] if [no] Driver for time in waiting for and as- the [p]Passenger does not appear[s] sisting the Passenger into the vehicle at the pickup location within a ten NYS DMV Point System of ten minutes at the existing Rates minute period[)]. The Dispatch Fee of Fare for time. If no Passenger ap- will be posted on the TLC Website Speeding (mph over posted limit) pears, the Driver shall still be entitled and the amount will be reviewed by 1to10...3points to this amount. the Chair annually or at the time of The Dispatch Fee will include any Rate of Fare changes. 11 to 20 . . 4 points tolls to the pickup location and will Examples: 1) Distance to Pas- also include an additional $5 Pas- senger pickup is 0.5 miles. TLC trip 21 to 30 . . 6 points senger no-show fee [for wait time if data indicates that an average fare 31 to 40 . . 8 points the Driver waits for the passenger for for a 0.5 mile trip is $5.00. Driver more than 10 minutes after the later receives $5.00 for this portion, and More than 40 . . 11 points of either the appointed pickup time an additional $5.00 which reflects a or the Driver’s arrival at the pickup wait time of 10 minutes at $0.50 per Reckless Driving ....5points location (the $5 is also payable] if [no] minute. Total is $10.00 ($5.00 and Failure to stop for a School Bus .5points the [p]Passenger does not appear[s] $5.00) plus any tolls to the pickup at the pickup location within a ten location. 2) Distance to Passenger Following too closely (tailgating) 4 points minute period[)]. The Dispatch Fee pickup is 1.0 miles. Driver receives will be posted on the TLC Website $10.00 for this portion and an addi- Inadequate Brakes ..4points and the amounts will be reviewed by tional $5.00 for the wait time for a (while driving employer's vehicle)2 points the Chair annually or at the time of total of $15.00 (plus any tolls to the any Rate of Fare changes. pickup location). Failing to Yield Right-Of-Way...3points Examples: 1) Distance to Pas- Section 4. Subparagraph (ii) of senger pickup is 0.5 miles. TLC trip paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Violation Involving Traffic Signal, data indicates that an average fare section 58-21 of Title 35 of the Rules Stop Sign, or Yield Sign ...3points for a 0.5 mile trip is $5.00. Driver of the City of New York is amended receives $5.00 for this portion, and to read as follows: Railroad Crossing Violation3 points an additional $5.00 which reflects a (ii) For all other Medallion-only wait time of 10 minutes at $0.50 per Taxicabs, (including Accessible Taxi- Improper Passing or Lane Use ..3points minute. Total is $10.00 ($5.00 and cabs), is $952 weekly, except that Leaving scene of an incident involving property $5.00) plus any tolls to the pickup if the Medallion Owner must place “Call Sunny& Save Money” location. 2) Distance to Passenger an Accessible Taxicab into service damage or injury to an animal .. 3points pickup is 1.0 miles. Driver receives as required under subdivisions (a) $10.00 for this portion and an addi- through (c) or (e) of section 58-50 of Safety restraint violation involving person tional $5.00 for the wait time for a these Rules, or is currently receiving under 16 .3points total of $15.00 (plus any tolls to the payments under section 58-50 (j)(2) pickup location). of these Rules, the weekly lease for Any other moving violation 2 points Section 3. Subdivision (g) of sec- that Accessible Taxicab shall include Note: Speeding when speed not indicated is 3 points PAGE 16 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 The TNC Business that none of the alleged differences Assoc. is significant and may intro- or unfairly applied without a reason. are rationally related to the difference duce a new wave of litigation that Any reason – not even one which (Continued from Page 8) in treatment in background checks, could dismantle the TNC regulatory most people would agree with – can could not show that the City had no drug testing, vehicle age limits, main- scheme, as well as the TNC business be relied on to uphold the law. The rational basis for not enforcing the tenance and inspections, insurance, model itself. This nuanced approach decision in Illinois Trade Assoc., taxi ordinance against the TNCs or annual fees, and differences in fares. may nevertheless achieve the goals strongly raised concerns that TNC creating the TNC ordinance. The The Court found that the regulations sought by industry players – not to laws would not survive such a chal- City argued that taxis and TNCs are for taxis were more onerous than impede innovation or to curb competi- lenge, questioning how there is any not similarly situated because of the for TNCs in all of these areas. The tion - but to promote fair competition difference in the manner, mode or way they are hailed and due to their Court went on to state that while the amongst all players in the for-hire operation of a taxicab, limousine or fare structures. The Court held these “increasing availability and accessi- transportation industry. TNC when it came to establishing are not material differences and that bility of cost-effective transportation Our predictions, early and often, public safety and customer service they are similarly situated. and fostering diversity and consumer have been consistent (unlike the TNC licensing standards. In addition to • Indeed, Judge Coleman’s opinion choice in the for-hire market is a model) that in addition to labor viola- the U.S. Constitution, many State made the following notable find- legitimate interest for the City”, the tions and actions, the biggest risk for Constitutions and state statutes have ings: purported differences between taxis TNCs in terms of their business model similar provisions that allow laws • Taxis and TNCs are similarly and TNCs are not rationally related to involves basic constitutionality. The and regulations to be challenged and situated; this stated rationale, and these goals Equal Protection Clause of the United declared invalid or unconstitutional • There is no material difference do not justify maintaining heavier States Constitution if often cited with if they are arbitrary, capricious and/ between raising your arm to hail a burdens on taxis. Thus, because respect to discrimination, where per- or irrational (what is also called a cab and putting your location in an of the arbitrariness in the laws, the sons in a protected class (i.e., race, mandamus proceeding). We have app with a request for immediate Plaintiffs’ Equal Protection claim was gender, religion, etc…) subjected been saying in published articles, transport; allowed to continue to laws drawing classifications that speeches and media for a long time • Rides can be prearranged by In light of the foregoing, the impact them disproportionately, or that TNC laws are unconstitutional taxis as well as TNCs; and taxicab and limousine industries may treating them differently without violations of the Equal Protection • A TNC driver is not any more begin to abandon attempts to attack any compelling reason, are subject Clause and the TNC debate will be “known” to the consumer than a TNCs and redirect its attention and to strict scrutiny and have an easier decided in the courts. It appears this taxi driver (as each provides for- litigation sights to challenge TNC chance of being declared of unconsti- prediction is about to come true. hire transportation with the City of legislation and regulations in every tutional, either by its disparate impact So, in terms of what happens next, Chicago, rides can be prearranged state. If it were to do so, the litigation (in its application to persons) or on we have predicted many times that for a set time, hailed, or virtually- would be easier to win, with possi- its face (by the very basic terms of TNCs and elected officials, in the hailed through an app, consumers bly less expense and simple motion reading the law). Every other law not wake of an adverse ruling, would go are contractually bound to pay for practice to obtain quicker results. involving those protected persons, back to the drawing board and revise the services, and may do so by credit The decision in Illinois Trade Assoc., such as TNC laws, involve a lower TNC laws to finally level the playing card). is already being cited by members level of judicial constitutional, where field between taxicabs, limousines The Court held the above aspects of the Chicago City Council to urge simply a “rational basis” for the law and TNCs. It is highly likely this of TNC and taxi operations are not Mayor Rahm Emanuel to revisit the must be established to uphold the will happen, but not yet. There has material differences, but rather, the City’s ordinances in order to level law. Under basic Equal Protection been too much money and resources two modes of transportation are simi- the playing field. [4] The impact of scrutiny, either in its impact or on its devoted to the current TNC business larly situated. The Court also held the Court’s decision in Illinois Trade face, the law must not be arbitrary (Continued on Page 21)

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* At Beaver Street ONLY! NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 17 Insider News (Continued from Page 15) basis for use with that Medallion (that Industry Notice #15-40 into service as required under subdi- is, every other vehicle used with such visions (a) through (c) or who have Medallion will NOT be eligible for a For-Hire Vehicle (FHV) Driver assumed the accessibility requirement payment under this paragraph). Such of another Owner under subdivision (e) a payment will be allocated to a Me- Education Requirement Begins of this section will receive: dallion only if the Accessible Vehicle December 20, 2015 (i) Hack-up Payment. A one-time operating on such Medallion has not The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) informs its subsidy payment of $14,000. Only one previously received such a payment. licensees that For-Hire Vehicle (FHV) Driver Education will be required for payment will be allocated to each Me- This determination will be based on the Livery, Black Car, and Luxury Limousine Driver license applicants and for FHV dallion during the four years required Vehicle Identifi cation Number (VIN) of drivers who received their licenses on or after March 20, 2015. under subdivision (f) of this section. the Accessible Vehicle. With nearly 80,000 licensed FHV drivers performing approximately 500,000 Such a payment will be allocated to a (ii) Accessible Vehicle Operational trips per day, well-trained drivers are important for a safe, effi cient, and active Medallion only if the Accessible Ve- Payments. For vehicle cycles in which for-hire transportation industry. In January 2015, the Commission approved rules hicle operating on such Medallion has the Owner is eligible for a hack-up (55-04(j)) requiring FHV drivers to fulfi ll the FHV Education requirement by not previously received such a payment. payment pursuant to subparagraph (i) completing a 24-hour course at a certifi ed education provider and pass the FHV This determination will be based on the of this paragraph (but NOT for vehicle driver exam in order to get their licenses. Vehicle Identifi cation Number (VIN) of cycles for which an Owner is NOT eli- Starting December 20, 2015, FHV driver applicants and conditional FHV the Accessible Vehicle. gible for a hack-up payment pursuant drivers (drivers who received their licenses on or after March 20, 2015*) will (ii) Accessible Vehicle Operational to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph), be required to complete the FHV Education requirement to get or keep their Payments. A series of up to twelve (12) a series of up to twelve (12) equal pay- FHV license. equal payments of $1,333, beginning ments of $1,333, beginning with the Drivers will be required to complete the course according to the following with the inspection of the Accessible inspection of the Accessible Taxicab in schedule: Taxicab at the time of initial Hack- use with that Medallion at the time of • New FHV driver license applicants must complete the course and pass an up, and following each Tri-Annual initial Hack-up, and following each Tri- exam in order to get a license. They will have 90 days from the day they submit- Inspection during the four year period Annual Inspection during the four year ted their license application to complete the course and pass the exam. as required under subdivision (f) of period as provided under subdivision (f) • Current FHV drivers who obtained their licenses on or after March 20, 2015 this section. Payments will be issued of this section. Payments will be issued must complete the course and pass the exam before they renew their licenses. provided that the Accessible Taxicab: only if the Accessible Taxicab: TLC will notify drivers of this requirement by mail at least 90 days prior to their A. Meets the vehicle inspection A. Meets the vehicle inspection license renewal date. requirements of section58-29 of these requirements of section 58-29 of these • FHV drivers who obtained their licenses before March 20, 2015 are not Rules, and Rules, and required to take the course or pass the exam. B. With the exception of the fi rst B. With the exception of the fi rst The FHV course will be available in English, Spanish, Bengali, and Urdu at payment following initial Hack-up, has payment following initial Hack-up, has the same Schools that provide Taxi School. For a list of Schools that will offer completed a minimum of 250 Passenger completed a minimum of 250 Passenger the required course, please visit our website at: trips since the previous inspection. trips since the previous inspection. http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/taxischool_post_fi ling.pdf C. Was logged onto the Accessible C. Was logged onto the Accessible If you have questions about FHV School, please contact the TLC’s call center Taxi Dispatcher system through the Taxi Dispatcher system through the at 718-391-5501. Dispatch Equipment while in operation Dispatch Equipment while in operation *The FHV Driver Education requirement (TLC Rule 55-04(j)) went into during the period since the previous during the period since the previous effect March 20, 2015. inspection. inspection. The operational payment amount (3) Drivers of Accessible Taxicabs Industry Notice #15-42 is based on the estimated additional will receive periodically, a per-trip maintenance costs of an Accessible payment for each Passenger trip while Important Notice for Street Hail Taxicab and estimated lost revenue driving an Accessible Taxicab. The Livery Permit Owners and associated with the additional days the per-trip payment amount will be at least Accessible Taxicab will be off the road 70 percent of the number obtained by Medallion Owners and Agents for the additional maintenance. dividing the estimated balance of the PAYMENT PERIOD FOR THE THIRD QUARTER IMPROVE- (2) Owners of Accessible Medal- driver portion of the Taxicab Improve- MENT FUND SURCHARGE WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 27, 2015. lions who are not covered by the con- ment Fund collected in the previous PAYMENT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 23, version provisions of this section 58-50 calendar year by the number of Ac- 2015. will receive: cessible Taxicab trips estimated for The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) would like to (i) Hack-up Payment. A one-time the current calendar year. The per-trip inform its licensees that the date on which they can begin making their improve- subsidy payment of $14,000. Only payment amount will be posted on the ment fund payments for the quarter ending September 30, 2015 has been moved one payment will be allocated to each TLC Web site. to Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Medallion during the four years for the (4) Allocation amounts provided As a result of the new start date, the third quarter’s payment deadline has next vehicle the Owner must hack up for in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of been extended to November 23, 2015. for use with that Medallion. Thereafter, this subdivision will be reviewed and Failure to submit your payment by November 23rd may result in a summons an Owner will be eligible for payments adjusted as provided in subdivision (h) which could result in fi nes and/or possible suspension of your license until for vehicles hacked up on an alternating of this section. compliance. Payments can only be made on-line using our On-Line Transaction system Industry Notice #15-41 (LARS) which can be found at www.nyc.gov/lars. For instructions on how to TLC Driver Applicants Must Have make your payment, please refer to Industry Notice 15-18. Appointment to File Application In- scheduled date and time with the TLC’s On-Line Transactions System e-mailed appointment confirmation (LARS).Once you have submitted Person Starting October 26th (either printed or on a mobile device), your application through LARS, the completed application and all you will automatically receive an Beginning Monday, October 26, You can get your appointment to required documents. appointment to submit your required 2015, any new driver applicant (Me- fi le in-person through the TLC web- Or….save time by applying on- documents. dallion, For-Hire Vehicle, Paratransit site. A valid e-mail address is required line! Please call the TLC Call Center or Commuter Van Driver License) who because this is where your appoint- As an alternative to completing at (718) 391-5501 if you have any wants to submit his or her application ment date and time will be sent. the entire process in-person, we questions about this process or your in-person must have an appointment. Once you receive the email with encourage applicants to file their appointment. TLC is no longer accepting walk-in your appointment, come to the Long applications online through the driver license applicants. Island City Licensing Facility on the (Continued on Page 19) PAGE 18 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 A0255 A0293 Current Medallion Agents Kim Cab Leasing Corp. NYC Taxi Network Inc. A0002 A0202 3864a Flatlands Avenue 801 Metropolitan Avenue Ann Service Corp All Taxi Management Inc Brooklyn, NY 11234 Brooklyn, NY 11211 142 West 21 Street 41-25 36 Street (718) 252-8300 (718) 388-8800 NY, NY 10011 LIC, NY 11101 (212) 929-3676 (718) 361-0055 A0257 A0301 Argon Management Corp. Napasei Management Corp. A0003 A0204 13-20 Jackson Avenue 607 West 47 Street Cab Management Corp B. Taxi Management Inc. LIC, NY 11101 New York, NY 10036 27-34 Jackson Avenue 314 West 53 Street (718) 482-0715 (646) 641-8307 LIC, NY 11101 NY, NY 10019 (718) 937-8668 (212) 957-0033 A0259 A0307 Mc Guinness Management Corp Taxifl eet Management LLC A0011 A0206 330 Mc Guinness Boulevard 54-11 Queens Boulevard J & I Maintenance Corp. AJB Taxi Management Inc. Bklyn, NY 11222 Woodside, NY 11377 341 Bergen Street 662 10 Avenue (718) 389-4483 (718) 779-5000 Brooklyn, NY 11217 NY, NY 10036 (718) 858-3502 (212) 956-3177 A0263 A0308 Steinway Express Mgmt. Corp. Taxifl eet Management LLC. A0013 A0213 36-06 Steinway Street 34-14 31 Street Team Systems Corp. J T L Management Inc. LIC, NY 11101 LIC, NY 11106 30-17 40 Avenue 36-16 Skillman Avenue (718) 361-1647 (718) 361-6363 LIC, NY 11101 LIC, NY 11101 (718) 786-0643 (718) 392-7000 A0267 A0312 2000 Management Inc. Gotham Yellow LLC. A0014 A0217 1817 Coney Island Avenue 75 Canal Street West Midtown Operating Corp. Medallion Maintenance Inc. Bklyn, NY 11230 Bronx, NY 10451 42-50 24 Street 11-38 44 Road (718) 336-6565 (718) 993-8100 LIC, NY 11101 LIC, NY 11101 (718) 937-2080 (718) 472-9000 A0272 A0313 Malcolm Management Corp. Northwestern Management Corp. A0015 A0224 374 FourtH Avenue 35-11 43 Avenue 2nd Floor 55 Stan Operating Corp S & R Medallion Corp. Brooklyn, NY 11215 LIC, NY 11101 45-16 Vernon Boulevard 625 West 51 Street (718) 222-4040 (718) 482-8181 LIC, NY 11101 New York, NY 10019 (718) 786-5811 (212) 957-9200 A0275 A0314 Avenue M Management Corp. L.I.C. Taxi Management Inc. A0017 A0225 1500 Mcdonald Avenue 37-28 30 Street 521 West 21st St Management Corp. Style Management Co. Brooklyn, NY 11230 LIC, NY 11101 415 West 127 Street 514 West 44 Street (718) 627-7097 (718) 361-0063 New York, NY 10027 New York, NY 10036 (212) 665-4900 (212) 279-3166 A0280 A0319 Eddie’s Management Corp. The Bridge Group Of NYC Inc. A0020 A0232 40-08 24 Street 35-11 43 Avenue Downtown Taxi Management LLC Wailing Management Inc. LIC, NY 11101 LIC, NY 11101 330 Butler Street 31-08 Northern Boulevard (718) 707-0072 (718) 786-6594 Brooklyn, NY 11217 LIC, NY 11101 (718) 435-0660 (718) 472-1800 A0281 A0320 Awesome Management Inc. Executive Owners Holding Corp. A0102 A0234 520 West 44 Street 21-03 44 Avenue Susan Maintenance Corp Woodside Management Inc. New York, NY 10036 LIC, NY 11101 374 4th Avenue 49-13 Roosevelt Avenue (212) 967-7577 (718) 784-9292 Bklyn, NY 11215 Woodside, NY 11377 (718) 222-4040 (718) 899-9369 A0282 A0322 Yellow Cab Sls Jet Management Corp. NYC Interboro Management Inc. A0105 A0236 22-05 43 Avenue 36-02 21 Street Utica Taxi Center Inc. D & J Management Of Queens Inc. LIC, NY 11101 LIC, NY 11106 465 Utica Avenue 34-14 64 Street (718) 752-9097 (718) 392-0250 Bklyn, NY 11203 Woodside, NY 11377 (718) 774-9767 (718) 458-6609 A0289 A0323 Boulevard Taxi Leasing Inc. Yellow Cab Crescent Mgmt. LLC A0110 A0246 32-56 49 Street 22-05 43 Avenue Winners Garage Inc. 28 Street Management, Inc. LIC, NY 11103 LIC, NY 11101 34-14 64 Street 313 10 Avenue (718) 932-3312 (718) 752-9097 Woodside, NY 11377 NY, NY 10001 (718) 458-7000 (212) 244-6553 A0290 A0324 United Taxi Mgmt. Group, Inc. AstoRia Taxi Leasing Corp. A0113 A0249 43-10 39 Street 32-56 49 Street Checker Management Corp. On Our Way Management Corp. LIC, NY 11104 LIC, NY 11103 22-10 Jackson Avenue 6814 5 Avenue (718) 392-4600 (718) 932-3312 LIC, NY 11101 Bklyn, NY 11220 (718) 361-6300 (718) 833-8125 A0292 A0325 City Transport Mgmt Arthur Cab Leasing Corp. A0201 A0253 54-18 Broadway 25-11 41 Avenue Green Apple Management Corp. Queens Medallion Leasing Inc. Woodside, NY 11377 LIC, NY 11101 34-20 31 Street 21-03 44 Avenue (718) 507-4840 (718) 392-3013 LIC, NY 11106 LIC, NY 11101 (718) 361-5555 (718) 784-9292 (Continued on Page 34) NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 19 Insider News Industry Notice #15-43 RECALLS Attention Taxicab Lessors And Lesees: Lease Cap Rule Changes Manufacturer: Kia Motors America Potential Number of Units Affected: 377,062 Effective October 25, 2015 SUMMARY: Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain model year The lease cap rule changes below go into effect OCTOBER 25, 2015. 2011-2013 Kia Sorento vehicles manufactured October 19, 2009, to January For all Taxicab leases (daily, weekly, and DOV): 31, 2013. In the affected vehicles, if excessive force is applied to the gear Records of Leases must be retained by lessors for at least 3 years and available shift lever, the brake-shift interlock mechanism may chip or crack allowing for inspection by the TLC; the transmission being able to be shifted out of “Park” without the brakes At a Driver’s discretion, lessors can pay weekly Drivers for non-cash fares on a being depressed. weekly basis; and CONSEQUENCE: Without requiring the brake to be pressed, the vehicle Lessors are no longer required to pay drivers in cash for non-cash fares; however, may be unintentionally shifted out of Park, allowing it to roll, which may such payment must be provided at no cost to Drivers and Drivers must have the ability result in a crash. to access these funds at no cost. REMEDY: Kia will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake- For all-in DOV leases: shift interlock mechanism, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin The existing all-in weekly lease caps now include separate caps for the lease of November 24, 2015. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800- the medallion and the conditional purchase of the vehicle. All-in DOV lessors can 333-4542. Kia’s number for this recall is SC124. charge no more than $994 weekly for the lease of a medallion hacked up with a hybrid NOTES: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety taxi or $952 weekly for the lease of a medallion hacked up with a non-hybrid taxi. Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424- Additionally, all-in lessors can charge no more than $275 weekly for the conditional 9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. purchase of a vehicle; All-in lease payments can now extend beyond 156 weeks, however total payment for the vehicle cannot exceed $42,900; Manufacturer: Kia Motors America Records of conditional purchase agreements must be retained by lessors for at Component(s): POWER TRAIN least 3 years and available for inspection by the TLC; and Potential Number of Units Affected: 377,062 All-in Driver receipts must now include, in addition to all existing receipt require- SUMMARY: Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain model year ments, the following information: 2011-2013 Kia Sorento vehicles manufactured October 19, 2009, to January The weekly charge for the lease of the medallion; 31, 2013. In the affected vehicles, if excessive force is applied to the gear The weekly charge for the conditional purchase of the vehicle; shift lever, the brake-shift interlock mechanism may chip or crack allowing The total payments received toward the conditional purchase of the vehicle; the transmission being able to be shifted out of “Park” without the brakes The remaining balance for the conditional purchase of the vehicle; and being depressed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the require- The remaining number of payments for the conditional purchase of the vehicle, ments of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 114, (Continued on Page 44) based on the current lease agreement. If you have any questions, please contact the TLC at 718-391-5501 or tlcexter- [email protected]. Industry Notice #15-44 OLDEE Attention Medallion Owners And Agents: Taxi Instruments Instructions For Refunding A Name You Can Trust Since Your Grandfather Drove a Cab! Healthcare Funds Taxicab Owners: Because of a court ruling, on April 17, 2014 the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) instructed taxicab medallion owners to stop withholding a six (6) cents per-ride fee for the Taxi Driver Healthcare Services Fund. Need a meter? The ruling by the court is now final and the Fund is permanently closed. For Healthcare Services funds never sent to TLC: Need advertising? All Healthcare Services funds collected from taxi drivers and kept by either medallion owners or their agents between October 1, 2013 and April Need a GPS System? 17, 2014 must be returned to the drivers as soon as possible. For Healthcare Services funds already sent to TLC: Need Roof-lights? Any Healthcare Services funds previously paid to the TLC will be re- funded directly to the current medallion owner by the TLC. This process Need Security Cameras? will begin in several months. Refund checks will be sent to the current medallion owner’s address on record or to their current agent of record on Need a partition? file with the TLC. If you need to update your address or agent information please make certain to do so immediately by completing the appropriate Need Upholstery? TLC form and submitting it to our Long Island City Facility. Upon receipt of the refund check, medallion owners and/or their agents Need a Checker Cab? must return those monies as soon as possible to the taxi drivers. Record-Keeping Requirement: Medallion owners must keep a record of all refunds made to taxi drivers. OLDEE DOES IT ALL! These records must be available to the TLC for inspection upon request. Questions? From Taxi Security to Advertising To determine the amount you need to refund to an individual driver, please consult your financial records. If you do not have records of the amount Phone 718 482-6533 / Fax 718 - 482-7144 collected from a driver, consult with your TPEP provider for an estimate of the number of trips that you should have collected money for. Neither 9-11 40th Avenue • LIC, New York 11101 TPEP providers nor the TLC can provide data about the actual amounts Open: medallion owners collected from individual drivers. Monday to Fridays 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Thank you for your cooperation with this process. If you have any ques- tions, please contact the TLC Call Center at (718)391-5501. Saturdays 9:00 am -1:00 pm PAGE 20 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015

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Once your vote is in, we'll give you the TLC Judge's decision. “There are some people who I • • • • • heard just yesterday on the news talk- “When you also count that he’s Charges: ing about how they were going to get regularly late to events, it would be 54-13A2 obey traffi c laws this bill passed. If it’s in my committee, inconceivable for any other city em- 54-13A3VI failing to yield we’re going to have a different process. ployee to have this many leave issues 54-14A reckless driving The process will be: Let’s go slowly. and still be able to retain his job.” Let’s make sure the process is a fair Joseph Puleo, president of Local 983 Fines one to everybody, and let’s make sure of District Council 37, on de Blasio’s 54-13A2 $200-$300 it’s safe for everybody.” travel. 54-13A3VI $300-$400 3 pts Assemblyman David Gantt, on • • • • • ridesharing legislation. “If you don’t charge $60 to go to JFK 54-14A $350-$1,000 4 pts • • • • • it’s not money. An hour and a half to “The candidate who I believe get there, waiting there for a fare and if Facts: can fundamentally address income you are lucky to get a fare coming back A pedestrian was crossing the crosswalk with the walk signal at 78th Street inequality effectively, the candidate to the city for m$52. You are spending and 3rd Ave. The driver made a right turn and nearly hit the complainant. who has the right vision, the right four hours for $104 and maybe a tip. experience and the ability to get the The $.4.50 is the biggest insult. job done, is Hillary Clinton.” At JFK the app cars are all over Defense: New York City Mayor Bill de and there isn’t work for everybody. Mr. Falese, the driver’s representative, was able to get the pedestrian to Blasio. Between yellow cabs and FHVs there admit that there is nothing wrong for a vehicle and a pedestrian to be in the • • • • • are too many cars.. You cant even drive same crosswalk at the same time. The pedestrian also admitted there was “The TNCs Uber and Lyft and with 2nd Avenue Closed, Lexington no sound of screeching brakes, horn honking or screams from bystanders. the other TNCs that exist, have really Avenue Closed, and at Times Square The pedestrian also admitted that the cab was not moving at a high rate of consumed my year of presidency. It’s there was one lane open.” speed and at no time did the vehicle come closer than a couple of feet. The been our number one issue for the past Mike, A career Driver on the Taxi driver testified that the pedestrian was walking while on a cell phone and he year. We are certainly fi ghting for a Dave Show. continued driving in order to pass behind the pedestrian. When the pedes- • • • • • level playing fi eld. We believe they trian saw the cab moving closer she deliberately stopped in the crosswalk are providing the same service a s a “Why doesn’t the TLC have a share and stopped directly in front of the cab to take a picture of the medallion. taxicab and in most jurisdictions they a ride program at JFK and LaGuardia. The driver said she was not in danger but she became startled and angry are operating as an illegal taxicab, not It is so busy at times. We lost a lot of meeting the public safety requirements money on our investment.” because she wasn’t paying attention. that are out there.” Ashraf, Taxi Driver and Medallion (Continued on Page 41) Mike Fogarty, President of the TLPA Owner. (Taxi, Limousine, and Para-transit • • • • • Association) on the Taxi Dave Show “If Uber does not meet the stan- KAREN A. FRIEDMAN live in Las Vegas. dards of yellow cabs, why is it that they ATTORNEYS • • • • • are allowed on the streets to operate as PRESIDENT ATTORNEY AT LAW IN OFFICE “Our business is losing 20-25% taxis? I don’t see the TLC taking cars Association of WHO PRACTICE: (of income) every single day. What away or giving them tickets. What I do Motor Vehicle Trial (212) 213-2145 PERSONAL INJURY we need is a fare increase between see is TLC harassing yellow cabs. Are Attorneys MATRIMONIAL FLUENT IN ALL MOVING VIOLATIONS REAL ESTATE LAW 20-25% Business is suffering and we they waiting for people to lose their FRENCH are going out of business.” homes?” ALL MOVING COMMERCIAL Charbel, Career Driver on the Taxi Gloria, A caller on The Taxi Dave THROUGHOUT IMMIGRATION Dave Show. Show. VIOLATIONS NEW YORK STATE The TNC Business temporary stop-gap measure to le- gitimize quasi unlicensed operation to Speeding; Red Lights; Traffic Signs (Continued from Page 16) gather market share and accelerate an model and strategy for the TNCs not industry takeover, which it has basically SUSPENSIONS & WARRANTS LIFTED to appeal or tie such rulings up in the done. There was always an hourglass courts for a while longer. Ultimately, or ticking clock that TNCs knew that CRIMINALLY RELATED MATTERS should the Illinois decision or another this temporary model would be fl at- court with similar causes of action tened. It may have been part of the Driving While Intoxicated (DWI); pending issue a fi nal ruling on Equal strategy that there would be a loss in Protection grounds, that means that the courts eventually, due to the slow Reckless Driving; basically almost every one of the laws wheels of justice; but the TNCs knew promulgated over the last few years full well it may have been too late for Aggravated Unlicensed Operation around the U.S. will potentially be the industry to recover. Well, the TNCs’ invalidated in whole or in part. That best defense was a good offense; but not would be a huge blow to the TNCs and the playbook will need to be re-written, SAFETY HEARINGS a game changer to push the momentum and the big issue is will policymakers RD back in the other direction in favor of the and legislators opt to bring the TNCs Throughout30 East New33 Street York State incumbent industry. But after many tens into full licensing compliance required TH of millions of dollars of TNC money of taxicabs and limousines (like New 4 Floor having been spent on developing TNC York City), or completely deregulate the 404New Park York, Avenue NY 10016 South laws through political donations, lob- market as was attempted in the 1980s; byists, media strategists and lawyers, with little or no regulations or licensing EMAIL:New [email protected] York, NY 10016 the TNCs will seek to amend the laws. standards for TNCs, limos and taxicabs, However, there are two basic options: and with complete open market entry WEBSITE:between www.NewYorkTraffi 28th and 29th Streets cLawyer.com (1) less regulation for all; or (2) more with no caps or restrictions on the num- regulation for all. ber of vehicles on the road. It is more — We Accept Credit Cards — (718) 979-5360 The TNC laws may have been a Fluent in French and Spanish (Continued on Page 30) PAGE 22 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015

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One of the biggest challenges Uber pany has been taking a bigger chunk faces as it aggressively expands and of driver earnings, up to 30% in some fends off competitors is attracting— markets. There’s also the question of and then retaining—drivers. As part of whether Uber drivers are contractors, Taxi drivers who lost a chance to agency. those efforts, the ride-share startup is like the company alleges, or full-time get health benefi ts may be on the road “Driver welfare has been a prior- planning to offer banking services to employees. If they are designated as to getting them back. ity for the TLC and we always look drivers, according to people who work full-time employees, Uber would owe Two city lawmakers—Council forward to working with the Council to closely with fi nancial institutions and them benefi ts like health insurance, the members Brad Lander of Brooklyn improve important driver protections,” Uber, as well as documents reviewed cost of which could threaten its business and Corey Johnson of Manhattan—are said a TLC rep. by Quartz. model. Uber’s currently involved in a drafting legislation that would create a Bhairavi Desai of the New York The plan, which is in its early stages, class-action lawsuit in California over health and disability benefi ts fund to all Taxi Workers Alliance, which had been would allow drivers to easily register for the issue. city-regulated taxi drivers, as well as chosen to oversee the fund, said she a bank account or prepaid card when As it’s grown, Uber has become more people behind the wheel for Uber and wants the City Council to pass a bill signing up to work for Uber, according to active in fi nancial services. In July, Uber other for-hire vehicle services. reinstating a safety net for drivers, like the documents. By doing so, drivers can dumped Santander Bank as its preferred “My goal is to cover drivers regard- disability, vision and dental insurance get paid the same day they work, com- auto lender and launched a pilot program less of their employment,” Lander told and a way to save for retirement. pared to weekly now. Uber has reached called Xchange Leasing. The fi nancing the Daily News. “Everybody who’s “This fund is necessary,” Desai said. out to potential partners to handle the arm is a subsidiary unit of Uber, and it working on demand, working by the gig, “The city has a responsibility to look out banking itself, people familiar with purports to help connect low-and-no they have the same needs for benefi ts for drivers that serve so many members the matter say. These people requested credit drivers to car dealerships that offer that you and I have.” of the public.” anonymity due to the sensitive nature discounts and fi nancing options. The law would create a benefi ts fund Offi cials with Uber, which already of the project and ties to Uber. The banking services plan focuses on similar to one a court killed in 2014, pays into a workers compensation fund According to the documents, Uber is the US for now, but Uber wants to expand fi nanced by a six-cent fee on trips. for black car drivers, will review the exploring a few “value-added” services it to other areas over time. Uber estimates The Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal when it’s introduced. in addition to same-day payments: cash- it could see 4,000 to 5,000 signups per owes drivers more than $5 million, or Reprinted with permsission from back discounts, merchant offers, and the month in the US alone, a person with roughly $150 a hack, according to the The Daily News. ability to send money internationally knowledge of the program says. are all possibilities. The latter offering According to the documents Uber would clearly appeal to Uber’s many has been circulating to potential part- immigrant drivers. ners, up to 30% of new drivers in certain The move underscores the fi erce cities are used to working primarily with competition for drivers in the fast- cash. In markets like China and India, growing ride-sharing industry. Uber where Uber faces especially stiff com- needs a steady supply of drivers to meet petition, letting drivers access banking customer demand without charging services within the Uber app is one way surge prices—a known turnoff for us- to stand out. Wait a minute, a driver health care unable to get refunds for us.My own ers. And it will also need a bigger fl eet Drivers who spoke to Quartz said insurance program? Is this another plot “Taxi owner organization” is unable to as it branches out into delivering food they would welcome the banking ser- to extort money from the hard working fi nd my refund that supposedly “some and retail goods. By providing not only vices, especially same-day payments. drivers? The NYCTLC STOLE OUR “ owners have recieved. jobs, but also banking services, Uber is One driver who spoke to Quartz said, if MONEY AND PUT IT IN A PONZI The end is not near, it’s been linger- hoping to increase driver loyalty. Uber paid drivers the same day, driving SCHEME FOR “DRIVER HEALTH ing for a long time while the “industry The service has 1.1 million active for it would “feel less like an actual job CARE “. honchos “ were busy cavorting with global drivers, with more than 400,000 and more like a hobby. … I’d probably The drivers paid into the system and Comrade de Blazio, playing polo and of those in the US, Uber board member drive more, especially if I really needed got nothing as usual. Over 1.2 million drinking Skyy vodka. David Plouffe said today (Nov. 3) at cash that day.” dollars in la la land. And the so called Sincerely, an event. But he added that half drive Uber is already highly dependent on driver organizations still have been Raymond Goolcharran 10 hours a week or less. Beyond that, having a robust, fl exible fl eet of drivers. turnover is a signifi cant issue, and Uber But that need is only going to greater Every Taxi Driver MUST take faces a plethora of competitors around as it expands beyond its ride-sharing the world—Lyft, Gett, and Sidecar in the roots into merchandise delivery (Uber- the wheelchair class before US, India’s OlaCabs, and China’s Didi RUSH) and food delivery (UberEats). renewing your license. Kuadi, to name a few. These services all On-demand delivery is a competitive Now there are convenient Wheelchair offer their drivers similar benefi ts, and market, with startups like Postmates none are known to have a particularly growing fast and Amazon serving as Classes right by the TLC! loyal fl eet. Many drivers interviewed the 800-pound gorilla. Having a stable Call 718 361-2232 to register. by Quartz said they drive for more than of loyal drivers could give Uber the one service. advantage it needs to succeed. 32-02 Queens Blvd. Uber has had a strained relationship Reprinted with permission from In Long Island City with its drivers in the past. The com- Quartz. PAGE 24 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 TLPA Convention in Las Vegas Photos by David Pollack Scam 1, 2, 3!

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• In addition to improving access to healthy foods, farmers’ markets also provide jobs, catalyze nearby business growth, and support farmers across the region. According to the director of NYC’s Greenmarkets, 85% of vendors say that they would be out of business without the markets.2 Meat, fi sh, and produce markets are also major employers in NYC, employing more than 8,400 workers in 2014. Employment at retail food markets in NYC has increased 27.8% over the last decade (see Figure I). • Consumers in the New York City Metropolitan Statistical Area have al- located a smaller share of total annual expenditures toward food over the last decade (13.6% in 2003/4 versus 11.6% in 2013/4). Spending on meals eaten away from home has dropped as well to 4.9% in 2013/4 from 6.1% in 2003/4. Real Estate Among expenditures on food eaten at home, NYC consumers have shifted • In September 2015, the Manhattan Class A direct vacancy rate fell slightly spending away from meats, poultry, fi sh, and eggs toward fruits and vegetables to 8.3% from 8.4% one month prior, while the average rental rate increased to over the last decade (see Figure II). $77 PSF. • Direct vacancy rates in Midtown and Midtown South went unchanged between August and September 2015, while the rate for Downtown fell by half a percentage point. • The Manhattan sublease vacancy rate rose from 1.4% in August 2015 to 1.6% in September, while the corresponding rental rate fell from $65 PSF to $63 PSF. Construction For the twelve months ending August 2015: • The number of building projects (including new, additions, and alterations) that started construction in New York City was up 2.4% relative to the twelve- month period ending August 2014. Planned space for such projects was 80.4% higher than the same period in 2014, suggesting that building projects have become larger. The value associated with these projects was up 58.0% over the period. • 3,470 residential building projects began construction, a 7.8% increase from the twelve months ending in August 2014. These starts contained 47,350 units, (Continued on Page 32) PAGE 28 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015

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Edison Hotel Holiday Inn Midtown Hotel 228 W 47th Street 440 W 57th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues between 9th & 10th Avenues

Elysee Hotel Holiday Inn Wall Street Hotel 60 E 54th Street 15 Gold Street at Platt Street between Park & Madison Avenues Hudson Hotel Embassy Suites Hotel 356 W 58th Street 102 North End Ave. Between 8th & 9th Avenues World Financial Center, Manhattan Inter-Continental Barclay Hotel Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Chelsea- 111 E 48th Street 116 W. 28th St between Lexington (near 6th Ave) Park Avenues

Four Points Manhattan SoHo- Iroquois Hotel 66 Charlton St. 49 W 44th Street (near Spring St) between 5th & 6th Avenues

Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Times Square JW Marriott Millennium 330 W. 40th St 160 Central Park South (near 9th Ave) between 6th & 7th Avenues.

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Four Points Midtown Times Square Le Parker Meridien Hotel 326 W. 40th St (near 9th Ave) 118 W 57th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues Four Seasons Hotel 57 E 57th Street Lombardy Hotel between Park & Madison Aves. (Continued on Page 30) NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 29 EVENTS AND MORE IN THE BIG APPLE Recommendations to passengers always increase the opportunity for a big tip! Here is is a listing that will help keep all taxi drivers in the loop on what's going on NYCNYC in New York City! Mention these events & promotions and watch the tips grow ! The Best Museums In NYC The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1220 5th Ave in East Screw the Smithsonian, the Louvre, collection of modern and contemporary Harlem (212-534-1672, mcny.org) $10 the Prado and the Uffi zi Gallery. The art is nothing to sneeze at. suggested admission. best museums in the world are right And the last-but-not-least of these here in NYC, and there are about a most celebrated New York institutions million of them, boasting everything is the American Museum of Natural from 13th century folk art to curious History, where we presume gigantic sex positions and embalmed baby dinosaurs and the Ghost of Teddy kittens. It’s hard to suss out which of Roosevelt haunt the halls at night. You The Museum of The City of NY these are the best of the best, but we’ve don’t have to like science to appreciate MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW sorted out some of our favorites for these adorable penguins, but this mu- YORK: The MCNY’s been culling art, you. Leave yours—and your preferred seum touches every aspect of biology, photos and objects out of New York’s mummifying techniques—in the com- ecology and geology imaginable, and history since it was housed in Gracie ments, and be sure to check out our you can even take a trip into space at Mansion in the 1920s. And now they’ve list of some of the city’s lesser-known the Hayden Planetarium next door. The Morgan Library & Museum got a collection of about 750,00 artifacts museums, too. The Museum of Modern Art is MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSE- squirreled away in a landmarked man- located at 11 West 53rd Street in Mid- UM: J.P. Morgan may be better known sion at the northern tip of Museum Mile; town West (212- 708-9400, moma. for his fi nancial services empire, but it these include images made by 19th cen- org) $25 admission. The Metropolitan turns out he was a pretty prolifi c art and tury printmaking fi rm Currier and Ives, Museum of Art is located at 1000 5th manuscript collector, too. The Morgan classic Broadway theater scripts, and a Ave at Central Park (212) 535-7710, houses this collection, along with newer 12-room dollhouse that once belonged metmuseum.org) $25 recommended acquisitions, in its Midtown East space, to socialite Carrie Walter Stettheimer admission. The Whitney Museum of boasting everything from original Sir and features tiny doll-sized artworks by American Art is located at 945 Madison Walter Scott and Charles Dickens man- artists like Marcel Duchamp. MCNY Ave on the Upper East Side (212-570- uscripts, ancient Neo-Babylonian stone unleashes some of its collection through 3600, whitney.org) $20 admission. The cylinder seals, renowned Renaissance The Met ongoing and temporary exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is artwork and Einstein’s “Fundamentals THE BIGGIES: MOMA, MET, like “Activist New York”, “City As A located at 1071 5th Ave on the Upper and Methods of the Theory of Relativ- WHITNEY, GUGGENHEIM & Canvas” and the erstwhile “The Greatest East Side (212-423-3500, guggenheim. ity.” Past and present exhibitions have AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATU- Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, org) $22 admission. And the American included a look at The Little Prince RAL HISTORY: These fi ve museums 1811-2011.” Museum of Natural History is located (Continued on Page 42) include four internationally-renowned at 79th Street and Central Park West on art institutions and arguably the best the Upper West Side (212-769-5100, science museum in the world, and amnh.org) $22 suggested admission. though each one warrants its own sprawling encomium, their virtues have been extolled so often we’re clumping them together to save space for some Dragonfl y of the city’s other worthy destinations. Even without a mind-blowing special exhibit, The Met’s permanent collection is worth a fi ve hour visit alone, boast- Graphics llc. ing everything from Greek sculpture to modern Pop art; the Cloisters, which •Design and Print is also under the Met’s jurisdiction, The Frick features some of the most spectacular FRICK COLLECTION: The Met media experts. medieval and religious art in the coun- might have the city’s most famous col- try. MoMA’s (and its Queens satellite lection of art, but the Frick may have •Over 25 years PS1) permanent collection of modern the most elegant. The museum, housed and contemporary art is unparalleled, in the former home of art collector experience in and the special shows that migrate and former Andrew Carnegie partner through its galleries are nothing short Henry Clay Frick, boasts an elegant Graphics. of breathtaking. Past exhibitions have collection of primarily European art, focused on Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, including works by Johannes Vermeer, •Certifi ed Union Vincent Van Gogh and Rene Magritte, Francisco Goya, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Printers. and ne’er forget recent Drudge Siren Rembrandt van Rijn and François blog events like The Clock, Sleeping Boucher. And though the art itself is Tilda and the Rain Room. certainly a draw, it’s the presentation 4 Court Square As for The Whitney, well, that that draws you in here; much of the Long Island City, NY 11101 Upper East Side standby and famed collection on view remains arranged (718) 392-3460 Biennial holder is on its way to a new as it was during Frick’s lifetime, spread Fax (718) 786-5931 out through the mansion’s rooms, halls, home in the Meatpacking District at www.dragonfl ygraphics.info vestibules and galleries. Be sure to save the end of the year. But for now, it’s e-mail: dragonfl [email protected] worth stopping by the bizarre Marcel time for a lengthy visit to the museum’s Breuer bunker to see the museum’s mas- spectacular Garden Court, check out sive Jeff Koons retrospective, on view all the amazing clocks, and note that a through October 19th. And then there’s secret bowling alley, billiards room and the Guggenheim, whose Frank Lloyd woodshop lurk beneath all that art. Wright building itself is perhaps more The Frick is located at 1 East 70th famous and beautiful than some of the Street between 5th and Madison Aves artwork inside, though its compelling on the Upper East Side (212-288-0700, frick.org) $20 admission. PAGE 30 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 The Disconnect OK, whatever. I dare any Uber, Lyft, The TNC Business Via, or Gett driver to show me their By Larry Fisher, Loan Department Supervisor (Continued from Page 20) weekly income statement and prove MELROSE Credit Union to me that they are earning anything As lenders, we are privy comes to analyzing Uber likely that we will end up somewhere remotely comparable to what a yellow to a variety of fi nancial doc- driver data, because it’s a in between where TNCs and taxis/limos cab driver earns. In fact, I have seen uments including personal private company, their data are, maybe something similar to the weekly pay stubs and tax returns from fi nancial statements, tax is generally self-serving Maryland or Houston models, where a few Uber drivers, and income earned returns and credit reports. and therefore unreliable. many licensing restrictions are removed did not compare favorably with yellow In all likelihood, the most So then, let’s talk about except for the basic controversial ones cab drivers. And if they are leasing a revealing bit of informa- what’s real and what’s such as biometric criminal background car to drive, their net income is worse, tion is contained in the apparent. In interviews checks. It is highly probable that roughly 33% of their gross revenue. electronic trip sheets that with hundreds of owner- the taxi and limousine industry may To be redundant from a prior col- all drivers generate on a drivers over the last eigh- agree to insurance requirements that umn, even Meera Joshi acknowledged daily basis. The trip sheets teen months, few drivers the TNCs have, but that policymakers that illegal street hail is the only way tell us if the driver is work- acknowledge a signifi cant may meet all industries half way with these Uber guys can survive. On a ing, and how effectively. In turn, we are change in their revenue streams. They either full government administered daily basis, the brazenness of the Uber able to extrapolate this data in order to do admit that certain sources of fares in biometric fingerprints and vehicle drivers can be witnessed by all to see. determine whether a borrower can meet years past are less fruitful, like hotels inspections. Another possibility is a Last night, in a one block walk, I was one’s expenses and service debt. and airports. They do mention that traf- compromise where biometric prints solicited by an Uber driver who called There are some people on fi nancial- fi c is worse than ever, and that is saying (not name checks) and vehicle inspec- himself a taxi. Stories abound from all oriented websites that opine on the income something. tions are required, but that all industry in the legitimate taxi industry regarding disparity between operating an Uber car But, to my eyes, the biggest shock businesses (TNCs, limos and taxicabs) illegal street hails, hotel doormen being versus the yellow cab. To hear them tell is how much yellow cab drivers are can self-regulate or “do-it-themselves” bribed, and a toothless TLC, unable or it, a reader would be inclined to believe earning. I took a small sample of one – subject to government audit. It is hard unwilling to enforce the law. that Uber drivers earn more money per fl eets drivers from last Friday night, ad- to predict for sure, as there as so many So for all the hand-wringing about hour than yellow cab drivers. None of mittedly a busy night. Of the seven trip daily and weekly twists and turns in the taxi industry’s woes, the earning these website denizens has ever seen a sheets given to me, the lowest amount this ever evolving battle, but these are capacity is strong. The bigger problem CMT or Verifone printout of a driver’s earned for one night shift was $435, not the likely outcomes. is that too few potential drivers are earnings. They base their conclusions on including cash tips. The highest earned FOOTNOTES aware of the superior income stream [1] The Memorandum Opinion and Or- averages provided by TLC data. There is was $691, probably an outlier in this that yellow taxis provide for those who der refers to these TNCs as “Transportation no weight given to owner-operators who collection of data. Nonetheless, most of want to make a living driving. The need Network Providers” or “TNPs.” work part-time so that in the TLC data, all this driver sample earned in the vicinity for a coherent advertising campaign [2] Codified as Municipal Code of Chi- drivers are considered full-time. In addi- of $525 for one night shift. cago Chapter 9-115. geared toward the driver population is tion, there is no accounting for medallions When I presented my fi ndings to [3] Federal Rules of Procedure 12(b)(6). necessary to attract drivers. And what in storage, or not being dispatched. They this illustrious band of website opin- [4] http://www.chicagotribune.com/ better way than to show them the truth. simply take the fare box data and divide by ion givers, the evidence was met with news/local/politics/ct-alderman-says-court- In the end, that’s the best ammunition ruling-could-upend-emanuel-rideshare-taxi- 13,500 medallions, clearly not a scientifi c grousing about cherry picking a busy we have. fee-plan-20150928-story.html method of determining income. When it night with high earning drivers. Yeah,

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If you missed Taxi Dave’s Radio Shows, You’ve Missed; Senator Jeff Klein Public Advocate Tish James Assemblyman Pichardo Senator Avella Congressman Rangel DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, TLC Chairwoman Meera Joshi Gridlock Sam and more. WOR-710AM Sunday 8:00 – 9:00 PM PAGE 32 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 Las Vegas Taxi Industry Launches GOTCHA On July 11, 2013 a complainant complainant could not identify the Its Own Ride-Hailing App observed a T.L.C. Licensed black driver. Case dismissed. car pick up a street hail in Midtown The significance of this hearing The Southern Nevada taxi industry The company is seizing on the debate a little after midnight. The next day should not be overlooked by any has thrown its latest counterpunch at over whether ride-hailing companies he called 311 to report that he saw T.L.C. licensed driver. The signifi- Uber and Lyft. are as well-regulated and as safe as taxi four passengers trying to hail a cab cance is that you are being watched. The company that manages local companies. Integrating dispatch systems when the black car pulled over to pick There are people out there who are taxi companies’ credit card transactions already in existence, Curb has capitalized them up. What is significant about technologically savvy and are de- has rolled out a smartphone application by building a nationwide network that this all too common complaint is termined to use technology against that will hail taxis the same way trans- now extends to Las Vegas. that the observer recorded the event anyone they feel is acting outside the portation network company customers The company’s growth is part of its on a dashboard camera and turned rules or, worse still, breaking the law. summon rides. bid to become the go-to national taxi the video over to the T.L.C. with his These people are not enforcement Curb, a free app offered through Veri- hailing app. written 311 complaint. personnel. Are these people vigilan- fone, has been introduced as a competi- To use Curb, a consumer must In the 311 complaint report the tes? Are they trying to take the law tive measure against ride-hailing com- download the app from the Apple or complainant asked the T.L.C. to into their own hands? No, but they panies. The system has been installed in Google Play stores and register a credit stop “greedy Uber drivers”. The are willing to use the power of the 500 Frias Transportation Management card through the company’s secure net- complainant went to the trouble of T.L.C. to bring to “justice” perpetra- cabs and is expected to be added within work. editing the video with a date and time tors such as “greedy Uber drivers”. the next three months in cabs operated by Users request a ride through the app stamp after he got home and reviewed My point is that, for whatever reason, Lucky, Western and Nellis cab compa- which uses location services, a Wi-Fi what he recorded. The video was not there are people who will “drop a nies. When the installation is complete, driven system similar to the global posi- very clear and the complainant, who dime” on the unsuspecting driver who about half of the city’s cabs will be on tioning system. Unlike most ride-hailing testified by telephone at the hearing, thinks he’s going to get away with the Curb platform. apps, Curb enables a customer to reserve explained to the judge what exactly something or get over on the system. It’s the second attempt by the cab a ride immediately or later. was being recorded. The combination of breaking the rules industry to use ride-hailing technology Once a ride is requested, a customer At the hearing the judge threw and technological advances changes to combat the rapidly growing Uber and can view the driver’s progress to the out the video evidence because it the game. Now, if you try to break Lyft presence in Southern Nevada. A location on a map. didn’t connect the driver, who was the rules or “get over” you may put Frias sister company developed the Ride When the ride is completed, the trans- not identified in the complaint, as your hack license at risk Genie app, but it failed to generate much action is automatically paid through the the driver of the black car. Also the The upside of this new develop- traction because of limited marketing. on-fi le credit card. Customers have the Nevada’s largest transportation group, ment is that drivers should be less Curb co-founder Sanders Partee said ability to pay a tip through the app. operates Virgin Valley, Ace, Vegas- inclined to risk breaking the rules. his app took a huge step forward when Currently, cab companies assess a Western, A NLV Cab and Union as This technological weapon against the company was acquired by Verifone $3 fee to pay a cab fare with a credit well as limousine and airport shuttle cheaters and thieves will have a for an undisclosed amount in October, card. Partee said charging for credit card companies. greater impact on the for-hire industry expanding the app’s reach. The acqui- use is decision made by local company The company’s top Southern Nevada as time goes on. The message should sition connected Curb to a network of owners. competitors, Bell Transportation and get through to the bad guys that their more than 35,000 taxis in more than 60 Partee said because Curb only works Yellow Checker Star, haven’t embraced violations will, at some point, be cities. Partee said the number of taxis with licensed taxi fl eets, a customer will Curb. observed, exposed and prosecuted. on the platform is expected to double have a safe experience and wouldn’t A Yellow Checker Star offi cial said his It seems politically incorrect but, it’s by the end of next year. be subject to dynamic “surge” pric- company is testing several different apps. safe to say, you are being watched or “I like to say we provide easy, ing offered by transportation network Reprinted with permission from The you are not alone. Every day brings available, reliable, safe transportation,” companies. Casino City Times. something new. Be ready to adapt or Partee said. Frias Transportation, Southern be prepared for consequences. Economy Which Cities Have (Continued from Page 27) The Highest And Lowest Taxi Fares? an increase of 95.6% from last year. If you’re visiting Oslo on a budget, defi nitely think twice before you take a Note: based on the latest available data. cab. The Norwegian capital has the most expensive taxi fares in the world with a typical three-mile ride during the daytime costing $32. That’s over three times Transit Ridership as high as London, according to the UBS Prices and Earnings report. Total ridership on MTA subways, trains, and buses in August 2015 was 215.9 million, a decrease of 0.51% from August 2014. Subway ridership in August 2015 was 139.8 million, down 0.06% from August 2014. Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Air Traffi c In July 2015, 12.0 million passengers fl ew into and out of the region’s airports, an increase of 6.6% from July 2014. Domestic air carriers accounted for 7.5 million passengers, an 8.1% increase from July 2014. 4.5 million passengers traveled with international air carriers in July 2015, a 4.1% increase from July 2014. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Broadway Ticket Sales Total Broadway attendance was approximately 841,990 during the four weeks ending September 27, 2015, down 4.3% from the same period last year. Broadway revenues during this period were about $85.7 million, down by 1.0% from last year. Note: Gross revenue and attendance fi gures may not include all shows Source: The Broadway League.

Hotel Occupancy For the same amount of money, you could actually travel for 41 miles in a In July 2015, the average daily hotel room rate was $266, a 0.4% increase cab in Cairo. Kiev and New Delhi are even cheaper, coming to just $1.59 and from July 2014. Hotel occupancy was 92.2% in July 2015, up from 90.8% in $1.54 respectively for a three-mile trip. Taking a cab over the same distance in July 2014. The average occupancy rate decreased the most in hotels charging New York City would cost $11.67. over $500 per night, decreasing by 4.3% from July of last year. Reprinted with permission from Forbes.com. NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 33

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NEW 2015 TOYOTA CAMRY LE NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 41 September Book Signings Museums along Museum Mile El Museo del Barrio at 104th Street Museum of the City of New York at 103rd Street Jewish Museum at 92nd Street Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design at 91st Street National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts at 89th Street Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum at 88th Street Metropolitan Museum of Art from 82nd to 86th Streets Goethe House German Cultural Center at 82nd Street Other Museums Khloe Kardashian, star of “Khloe & Lamar” The Museum of American Finance, the nation’s only independent public ... signing copies of Strong Looks Better Naked Museum of American Finance, 48 Wall Street 11/3/15 7:00 PM at Bookends African Burial Ground - corners of Duane and Elk Streets East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NY. American Folk Art Museum 45 W. 53rd St. 11/4/15 1:00 PM at Barnes & Noble American Museum of Natural History 77th St Central Park West Fifth Avenue. New York, NY. Children’s Museum of the Arts 250 Lafayette St # A, Children’s Museum of the Arts Andy Cohen, Bravo star Free Art Island Outpost Program at Governors Island Harbor Defense Museum - 230 Sheridan Loop, Brooklyn signing copies of The Andy Cohen Diaries Italian American Museum-155 Mulberry St 11/3/15 6:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Kehila Kedosha Jania Museum-280 Broome St Warren Street. New York, NY. Luxce Project 53 Stanton St 11/4/15 7:00 PM at Books & Greetings The Morgan Library and Museum-225 Madison Ave. Livingston Street. Northvale, NJ. Museum of Chinese In America-211 Centre St Museum of Jewish Heritage- Holocaust Michael Ian Black, star of “Ed” Edmond J. Safra Plaza - 36 Battery Place signing copies of Navel Gazing Museum at FIT-Seventh Ave. 1/5/16 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W 53rd St Warren Street. New York, NY. Museum of Modern Art Design-81 Spring St # A National Museum of the American Indian Giada De Laurentiis, Food Network star Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green signing copies of Happy Cooking New Museum of Contemporary Art-235 Bowery New World Art Ctr-250 Lafayette St # 5 11/5/15 Noon at Costco New York City Police Museum-100 Old Slip Promenade Blvd. Bridgewater, NJ. Poets House - Ten River Terrace 11/5/15 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Queens Museum of Art-49th Ave. and 111th St. Union Square. New York, NY. Rubin Museum of Art-150 West 17th Street Skyscraper Museum - 39 Battery Place John Leguizamo, fi lm & TV star South Street Seaport Museum - 12 Fulton Street signing copies of Ghetto Klown The Tenement Museum-108 Orchard St 11/9/15 7:00 PM at The Strand Bookstore Whitney Museum of American Art-945 Madison Ave Broadway & 12th. New York, NY. 11/17/15 6:00 PM at Bookends Bridget Moynahan, star of “Blue Bloods” East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ. signing copies of The Blue Bloods Cookbook 11/9/15 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Ben Watson, New Orleans Saints’ star 82nd & Broadway. New York, NY. signing copies of Under Our Skin 11/19/15 6:00 PM at Bookends Jenna Von Oy, star of “Blossom” East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ. signing copies of Situation Momedy 11/9/15 7:00 PM at Book Revue Tom Jones, singer & sex god New York Avenue. Huntington, NY. signing copies of Over the Top and Back 11/23/15 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Rainn Wilson, star of “The Offi ce” Union Square. New York, NY. signing copies of The Bassoon King 11/10/15 12:30 PM at Barnes & Noble InsiderYou News Be The Judge ! East 54th Street. New York, NY. (Continued fromCi Page df 21) 3

Christie Brinkley, model & actress Decision: signing copies of Timeless Beauty The driver did not impede the pedestrian’s progress. There was no evidence 11/10/15 1:00 PM at Barnes & Noble of a violation of the traffi c laws or recklessness. All charges dismissed. Fifth Avenue. New York, NY. Photo By David Pollack 11/13/15 7:00 PM at Book Revue New York Avenue. Huntington, NY.

Ethan Hawke, Oscar nominated actor signing copies of Rules For A Knight 11/10/15 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Union Square. New York, NY.

Bill Nye, AKA The Science Guy signing copies of Unstoppable 11/13/15 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Union Square. New York, NY.

Timbaland, singer and music producer signing copies of The Emperor of Sound PAGE 42 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 The Best Museums In NYC commissioned subway station, and you crisis. You can marvel at a portion of can peek into a functional control room Keith Haring’s Pop Shop ceiling at (Continued from Page 29) to see the whole system at work. the admissions desk, or snap photos author Antoine Saint-Expurey, J.D. special stuff, though, this second largest The New York Transit Museum is of the statues of Abraham Lincoln and Salinger’s love letters, and fi rst edition museum in NYC has a massive perma- located at Boerum Place and Schermer- Frederick Douglass perched outside the works by modern masters like William nent collection, with noteworthy works horn Street in Brooklyn Heights, museum’s two entrances. Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Allen including Judy Chicago’s celebrated Brooklyn (718-694-1600, mta.info/ The New York Historical Society Ginsberg; book nerds will also appreci- feminist installation The Dinner Party, mta/museum). $7 admission. is located at 170 Central Park West ate Pierpont Morgan’s sublime library, Gilbert Stuart’s 1796 portrait of George at 77th Street on the Upper West Side which was restored to its 1906 glory a Washington (used on the $1 bill!) and (212-873-3400, nyhistory.org). few years ago. many, many mummies, which once gave The Morgan is located at 225 an acquaintance of my grandmother’s Madison Ave between 36th and 37th a rash back in the 1940s. Street in Midtown East (212-685-0008, The Brooklyn Museum is located at themorgan.org) $18 admission. 200 East Parkway at Washington Ave in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. (718- 638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org) $12 suggested admission.

New York Historical Society NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCI- ETY: When I was a child, there was an Lower East Side Tenement Museum exhibit in the basement of the New York LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT Historical Society dubbed “Kid City,” MUSEUM: This is another one for in which the museum had transformed the time travelers. This 19th century The Queens Museum West 82nd Street and Broadway into a fi ve-story tenement building housed QUEENS MUSEUM: The Queens tot-friendly version of its 1901 self. I around 7,000 immigrants from the Museum never gets enough love, and The Museum of Moving Image spent many hours there commandeering 1860s to the 1930s, and the Tene- that’s a real shame. The four-decade old a turn-of-the-century grocer’s market ment Museum’s restored the rooms art institution is a cultural gem, located THE MUSEUM OF MOVING IM- and forcing other children to make de- to mirror what they looked like from in a pavilion building built specifi cally AGE: You don’t have to be a fi lm buff to liveries to the neighboring horse goods the 1860s to the 1930s. Museum staff for the 1939 World’s Fair and used enjoy MoMI’s expansive special exhibi- store, and though “Kid City” has since provide guided tours of the rooms and briefl y as headquarters for the United tions on, say, The Muppets, or Breaking been replaced with a larger children’s businesses, which include a garment Nations General Assembly. Now, the Bad. But if you do love movies, this exhibition, I like to think it taught me workshop and a German saloon; there Queens Museum harbors a hefty col- Astoria museum is stuffed with all sorts a lot about New York’s history—what are even costumed staff members who lection of fi ne arts, Tiffany glass, and of memorabilia, interactive exhibitions nine-year-old knew Central Park didn’t take on the characters of the building’s collections stemming from the 1939 and and special programming that’ll tickle simply sprout fully-formed out of the former residents. Beyond the Orchard 1964 Worlds Fairs, the latter of which is your inner cinephile. MoMI’s ongoing ground? The NYHS underwent a major Street building, the museum provides currently on view as part of temporary exhibition, “Behind The Screen,” runs renovation a few years ago, and it’s walking tours of the neighborhood to exhibition Behind the Curtain: Collect- through the history of cinema, tackling since returned with some excellent remind you of what the LES was like ing the New York Fairs. everything from the earliest moving programming. before Max Fish moved in (and then But the museum’s best and most picture camera to makeup from Sex And There is, for instance, a show featur- out, and then back in again). famous offering is its Panorama of the The City. They also hold frequent fi lm ing 90 artworks by Madeline creator The Tenement Museum is located City of New York, a 9,335-square-foot screenings—all summer long, they’ve Ludwig Bemelmans; through the end at 103 Orchard Street between Broome model of the city’s fi ve boroughs that been continuously showing fi lms from of the month, the museum is showing and Delancey Streets on the Lower East was originally commissioned by Rob- the 1939 and 1964 Worlds Fairs, and re- work by street style photographer Bill Side (212) 982-8420, tenement.org). ert Moses for the 1964 World’s Fair. cent screening offerings have included Cunningham, and past exhibitions have $25 admission. Though the panorama hasn’t under- The Searchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey included works from the 1913 Armory Reprinted with permission from The gone a full-throttle update since 1992, and the original Godzilla. Stay tuned for Show and a look at the city’s AIDS Gothamist and Rebecca Fishbein. developments like Brooklyn Bridge their upcoming permanent Jim Henson Park and Citi Field have slowly gotten installation, planned for 2015. The 10 Best Art Galleries In NYC added over time thanks to the museum’s The Museum of the Moving Image “Adopt A Building” program, though it is located at 3601 35th Ave in Astoria, New York may have some of the fi n- rooms were on display here last year, seems Williamsburg’s condos have yet Queens (718-777-6888, movingimage. est museums in the world, but not all of and Doug Wheeler’s hypnotizing, white- the city’s best art is hidden behind a $20 to receive treatment in miniature. us). $12 admission. light saturated “infi nity environment” The Queens Museum is located at entrance fee. Works by renowned artists took center stage in 2012. The gallery’s the New York City Building in Flushing and lesser-known locals line the walls and also hosted work by mainstream names hang from the ceilings of galleries small Meadows Corona Park (718-592-9700, like Jeff Koons and Richard Serra. Up and large, and visitors can often peruse queensmuseum.org) $8 suggested next, look for works by Diana Thater, them for no fee, often with a glass of wine admission. Mamma Andersson, Al Taylor and Jan in hand (if it’s a Thursday or sometimes Schoonhoven. Friday). Here are a few of our favorite David Zwirner is located at 525 West galleries around town; as always, leave 19th Street in Chelsea (212-727-2070, yours in the comments. davidzwirner.com). They have a second New York Transit Museum DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY NEWYORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: gallery at 537 West 20th Street between Visiting the New York Transit Museum 10th and 11th Avenue. is a bit like traveling back in time. GAGOSIAN GALLERY The nation’s only museum dedicated to public transportation, the NYTM boasts an astonishing collection of MTA The Brooklyn Museum memorabilia, not the least of which is BROOKLYN MUSEUM: The its collection of antique subway cars, Brooklyn Museum has really been on a complete with antique ads that predate roll this century with a series of block- Dr. Zizmor. You can also peruse an buster exhibits, including 2008’s stellar extensive collection of subway tokens German ex-pat David Zwirner opened Takashi Murakami show, 2012’s Keith (ah, memories of watching my bus fare up his gallery in 1993, relocating from Haring exhibition, last year’s innovative roll under a car...) and fare collectors, SoHo to Chelsea in 2002. The exhibitions Jean Paul Gaultier show, “Ai Weiwei: and for the young and young at heart, hosted at his current large space are often Gagosian’s a major name in the global gallery scene, with locations in According to What?” which is on view there’s a child-sized taxi cab, trolley car wildly popular, as the long lines attest. Los Angeles (where the fi rst Gagosian until August 10th, and a site-specifi c and bus to play on. It’s also noteworthy Infi nity seems like something of a theme piece by street artist Swoon. Beyond the that the museum is located inside a de- here— Yayoi Kusama’s popular infi nity (Continued on Page 44) NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 43 Events For You and Your Passengers in The Big Apple Broadway Shows Off Broadway Shows

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO 203 West 45th Street 39 STEPS 308 West 46th Street LOVE AND MURDER LES MISERABLES Union Square Theatre Walter Kerr Theatre Imperial Theatre 100 East 17th Street MY SON THE WAITER: 218 West 48th Street 249 West 45th Street A JEWISH TRAGEDY ALICE IN WONDERLAND Stage 72 at The Triad Theatre ALADDIN MATILDA THE MUSICAL The Players Theatre 158 West 72nd Street New Amsterdam Theatre Shubert Theater 115 MacDougal Street 214 West 42nd Street 225 West 44th Street NAKED BOYS SINGING AVENUE Q Kirk Theatre ALLEGIANCE MISERY New World Stages 410 West 42nd Street Longacre Theatre Broadhurst Theatre 340 West 50th Street 220 West 48th Street 235 West 44th Street NATIONAL LAMPOON BLACK ANGELS OVER PRESENTS AN AMERICAN IN PARIS NOISES OFF TUSKEGEE BAYSIDE! THE MUSICAL! Palace Theatre American Airlines Theatre Actors Temple Theatre Theatre 80 1564 Broadway 227 West 42nd Street 339 West 47th Street 80 St. Marks Place

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CLEVER LITTLE LIES PERFECT CRIME BLACKBIRD THE STORY OF EMILIO AND Westside Theatre Snapple Theatre Center Belasco Theatre GLORIA ESTEFAN 407 West 43rd Street 210 West 50th Street 111 West 44th Street Marquis Theatre 1535 Broadway DADDY LONG LEGS RIPCORD CHICAGO Davenport Theatre New York City Center Ambassador Theatre SCHOOL OF ROCK 354 West 45th Street West 55th Street between Sixth and 219 West 49th Street Winter Garden Theatre Seventh Avenues 1634 Broadway DRUNK SHAKESPEARE CHINA DOLL The Lounge at Roy Arias Theatre SAM EATON’S Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre SHE LOVES ME 300 West 43rd Street THE QUANTUM EYE 236 West 45th Street Studio 54 MENTALISM & MAGIC SHOW 254 West 54th Street FUERZA BRUTA Theatre 80 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL The Daryl Roth Theatre 80 St. Marks Place PARAMOUR SOMETHING ROTTEN 101 East 15th Street Lyric Theatre St. James Theatre SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT 214 West 43rd Street 246 West 44th Street FULL HOUSE! THE MUSICAL! WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN Theatre 80 The 777 Theatre DAMES AT SEA SPRING AWAKENING 80 St. Marks Place 777 Eighth Avenue Helen Hayes Theatre Brooks Atkinson Theatre 240 West 44th Street 256 West 47th Street GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW SISTAS: New World Stages THE MUSICAL FIDDLER ON THE ROOF THE BOOK OF MORMON 340 West 55th Street St. Lukes Theatre Broadway Theatre Eugene O’Neil Theatre 308 West 46th Street 1681 Broadway 230 West 49th Street GOING ONCE! LAUGHING TWICE!! SLEEPY HOLLOW FINDING NEVERLAND THE COLOR PURPLE St. Luke’s Theatre THE MUSICAL Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 308 West 46th Street The Players Theatre 205 West 46th Street 242 West 45th Street 115 MacDougal Street HELL’S BELLES STOMP FUN HOME THE CURIOUS INCIDENT Elektra Theatre Orpheum Theatre Circle in the Square Theatre OF THE DOG IN 673 Eighth Avenue 126 Second Avenue West 50th Street THE NIGHT-TIME Ethel Barrymore Theatre IT’S JUST SEX THAT BACHELORETTE SHOW HAMILTON 243 West 47th Street Actors Temple Theatre 42 West Richard Rodgers Theatre 339 West 47th Street 514 West 42nd Street 226 West 46th Stret THE GIN GAME Golden Theatre MONDAY NIGHT THE BERENSTAIN BEARS HAND TO GOD 252 West 45th Street MAGIC The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre Booth Theatre Theatre 80 5 West 63rd Street 222 West 45th Street THE ILLUSIONISTS 80 Saint Marks Place Neil Simmon Theatre THE FANTASTICKS JERSEY BOYS 250 West 52nd Street MY BIG GAY ITALIAN FUNERAL Snapple Theater Center August Wilson Theater St. Luke’s Theatre 210 West 50th Street 245 West 52nd Street THE KING AND I 308 West 46th Street Lincoln Center THE HUMANS KINKY BOOTS 70 Lincoln Center Plaza MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING Laura Pels Theatre Al Hirshfi eld Theater (Continued on Page 44) St. Luke’s Theatre (Continued on Page 44) PAGE 44 • TAXI INSIDER • NOVEMBER 2015 10 Best Galleries FISHER LANDAU CENTER Broadway FOR ART (Continued from Page 42) Shows gallery opened in 1979), London, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong, Athens and Geneva, (Continued from Page 43) in addition to the several famed spaces in New York. All of the city’s galleries have THE LION KING featured works by the biggest names in Minskoff Theatre modern and contemporary art—Julian 200 West 45th Street Schnabel, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Francis Ba- THE PHANTOM OF con, etc.—with old masters occasionally This spacious 6,000 square foot gallery on display as well. Exhibitions currently helmed by John Cheim and Howard Read THE OPERA on display include a show focusing on This LIC gallery, housed in an erst- boasts a heavy-hitting list of represented Majestic Theatre Pablo Picasso’s photography at the West while parachute harness factory, of all artists, with names like Diane Arbus, 242 West 45th Street 21st Street gallery and an exhibition of places, contains hundreds of works be- William Eggleston, Louise Bourgeois and Takashi Murakami’s painting and sculp- longing to 94-year-old collector Emily Joan Mitchell on their list. Upcoming exhi- THÉRÈSE RAQUIN ture on West 24th Street. Fisher Landau. Landau’s got quite an bitions include shows by Danish artist Tal Studio 54 There are a number of Gagosian Gal- eye for art, having amassed works by the R and Ireland’s Sean Scully; you can see 254 West 54th Street lery locations in Manhattan. Visit their likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Louse Bourgeois’s fascinating Suspension Kelly and Andy Warhol over the past half- exhibition through mid-January. website for more information. WICKED LUHRING AUGUSTINE century. You can peruse the permanent Cheim & Read is located at 547 works in addition to intermittent tem- West 25th Street between 10th and 11th Gershwin Theater porary exhibitions highlighting specifi c Avenues in Chelsea (212-242-7727, 222 West 51st Street pieces from Landau’s collection. cheimread.com). The Fisher Landau Center for Art ON STELLAR RAYS Off Broadway is located at 38-27 30th Street in Long Shows Island City, Queens (718-937-0727, fl cart.org). SEAN KELLY GALLERY 111 West 46th Street THE HUMMINGBIRD’S TOUR Luhring Augustine, founded in Chel- St. Clement’s Theatre sea in 1985, is one of the city’s most 423 West 46th Street reputable galleries, exhibiting and rep- resenting works by the likes of Gerhard THE JACKIE MASON MUSICAL Richter, Larry Clark, Pablo Picasso and St. Luke’s Theatre David Musgrave. And Luhring Augustine Candice Madey’s LES gallery was 308 West 46th Street was also one of the fi rst major art galleries one of the fi rst to hit the Bowery back in to expand beyond Manhattan’s enclave, 2008, opening just one day before Leh- making headlines when it opened a Once a SoHo stalwart, Sean Kelly’s man Brothers brought the United States THE LION, THE WITCH AND Bushwick outpost off the Morgan Ave L 23-year-old gallery represents some economy tumbling down. But On Stellar THE WARDROBE stop in 2012. That location boasts a stellar of contemporary art’s biggest names, Rays, named after a 9th century text by St. Lukes Theatre exhibition space for installations. including Robert Mapplethorpe, Marina Arab philosopher Al-Kindi, is a survivor, 308 West 46th Street Luhring Augustine has two locations Abramovi and Mariko Mori. The gallery and continues hawking and displaying in the city: 531 West 24th Street between relocated to a two-story spot in Midtown unique works by new and emerging artists. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD a few years ago, and continues to host 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea (212- Current represented artists include Zipora OF SONG: THE MUSIC OF 206,9100, luhringaugustine.com) and unconventional exhibitions, with upcom- Fried, Alix Pearlstein and JJ PEET; the HAROLD ARLEN at 25 Knickerbocker Avenue between ing shows including work by Chinese gallery is about to close a breathtaking St. Luke’s Theatre Johnson Avenue and Ingraham Street artist Sun Xun. exhibition of Queens-based artist Tommy 308 West 46th Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn (718-386-276, Sean Kelly Gallery is located at 475 Hartung’s work. luhringaugustine.com.com). Tenth Avenue between 36th and 37th On Stellar Rays is located at 133 PIEROGI Streets in Midtown West (212-239-1181, Orchard Street between Delancey and UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL skny.com). Rivington Streets on the Lower East Side The Public Theater JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY (212-598-3012, onstellarrays.com). 425 Lafayette Street STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE

Recalls This Williamsburg gallery may most (Continued from Page 19) This DC transplant focuses on inter- recently be known for providing greater “Theft Protection.” North Brooklyn with a lifetime supply national work, with represented artists including the Ghanian El Anatsui, Malian CONSEQUENCE: Without requir- of rock salt and human hamster wheels. Last but not least on this list is the artist Malick Sidibé and the Israeli Adi ing the brake to be pressed, the vehicle But the 20-year-old space is one of Wil- Storefront for Art & Architecture, a Nes. Not that the gallery shuns Americans: may be unintentionally shifted out of liamsburg’s pioneering art hubs, boasting 32-year-old triangular slice located in native Missourian Nick Cave is also repre- Park, allowing it to roll, which may both exhibitions and the famed fl at fi les that SoHo/Little Italy no-man’s land. sented by Jack Shainman, and the gallery result in a crash. showcasing hundreds of works by local Storefront’s an all-around art “institu- just wrapped up a spectacular exhibition REMEDY: Kia will notify owners, artists that are up for sale (you can also tion,” a non-profi t dedicated to supporting of his new work last month. Up next, the and dealers will replace the brake-shift view them online). Pierogi’s also opened emerging and local art. But the gallery’s gallery will host work by Michigan native interlock mechanism, free of charge. a second space, The Boiler, on North 14th one of the city’s most treasured exhibition Titus Kaphar. The recall is expected to begin Novem- Street, where they host larger installations spots, displaying works by hundreds of Jack Shainman has two locations in and sculpture shows. artists, including Peter Cook, Yves Klein ber 24, 2015. Owners may contact Kia Manhattan: 513 West 20th Street between Pierogi is located at 177 North 9th and David Molander. Right now, visitors customer service at 1-800-333-4542. West Street and 10th Avenue in Chelsea Street between Bedford and Driggs Av- can experience Jana Winderen and Marc Kia’s number for this recall is SC124. (212-645-1701, jackshainman.com) and enues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (718- Fornes’s interactive installation Situation NOTES: Owners may also contact at 524 West 24th Street between 10th and 599-2144, pierogi2000.com). They’ve NY, on display through December 20th. the National Highway Traffi c Safety 11th Avenues, also in Chelsea (212-337- also got a secondary space at 191 North Storefront for Art & Architecture is Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline 3372, jackshainman.com). 14th Street between Nassau and Wythe located at 97 Kenmare Street in Nolita at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424- CHEIM & READ Avenues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (212-431-5794, storefrontnews.org). 9153), or go to www.safercar.gov. NOVEMBER 2015 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 45

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