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The Taxi Attorney by Michael Spevack APRIL 2019 www.taxiliverytimes.com Vol.20 No. 4 Lea los artículos en & español. An Insider’s Look at Both NYC TLC Regulated Industries STAY SAFE OUT THERE! TRAGIC STORIES RATTLE INDUSTRY Bill Heinzen Becomes Acting TLC Chairman ¡MANTÉNGASE A SALVO EN LA CALLE! LOS RELATOS TRÁGICOS SACUDEN LA INDUSTRIA FHV DRIVER COUPLE CHASES, INDUSTRY MOURNS TAXI COMPANY, FATALLY STABBED ATTACKS 9TH DRIVER INSURANCE FIRM UNITE IN MARCH LIVERY DRIVER SUICIDE TO HELP CABBIES TAXI & LIVERY TIMES 2 • • APRIL 2019 TLC DRIVER SERVICES, INC. TLC DRIVER SCHOOL All TLC Summonses TLC DRIVER SCHOOL DMV Traffic Tickets Offering AALLLL Required TLC Driver Classes The TLC Driving Institute was founded by industry experts to provide the highest level of education A dedicated team of lawyers for Black Car / For-Hire Vehicle (FHV), SHL and providing the necessary Taxi Drivers. 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TAXI & LIVERY TIMES BY NEIL WEISS 4 • • APRIL 2019 EDITOR’S NOTES STAY SAFE OUT THERE! ¡MANTÉNGASE A SALVO EN LA CALLE! Tragic Stories Rattle Industry Los relatos trágicos sacuden la industria Las nuevas historias sobre conductores de vehículos de alquiler y News stories about FHV and Taxi drivers over the past de taxis que han surgido en el último mes y medio muestran una ten - month-and-a-half showed a disturbing trend of violence and the dencia preocupante de aumento de la violencia y dan cuenta de la need for anyone who earns a living on New York City’s mean necesidad de cuidado especial que deben tener todos aquellos que se streets to take special care of themselves and their vehicles. The ganan la vida en las crueles calles de Nueva York. Estos son solo al - following are just some of the industry-related incidents that oc - gunos de los incidentes relacionados con esta industria que tuvieron lugar en febrero y marzo. curred in February and March. 10 de febrero: Feb. 10: un conductor de vehículo de alquiler de 59 años fue A 59-year-old Livery driver was brutally attacked by brutalmente atacado por un hombre y una mujer en Brooklyn, luego a man and woman in Brooklyn, after one of them aggressively de que uno de ellos exigiera un viaje de manera agresiva y el conductor, demanded a ride and the frightened driver left his vehicle to call asustado, detuviera el vehículo para llamar al 911. La policía informó 911. Police said the couple followed the driver into a nearby deli, que la pareja siguió al conductor hasta dentro de una tienda de co - where the male suspect tried to steal the driver’s wallet, repeat - mestibles, donde el sospechoso intentó robarle la billetera, lo golpeó edly punching him and throwing metal cans and a bottle at him; repetidas veces y le arrojó latas de metal; la mujer lo golpeó con una the woman beat him with a metal rod. The driver’s name was varilla de metal. Los medios de difusión no han dado a conocer el nom - bre del conductor. not released by media outlets. 22 de febrero: Feb 22: A Yellow Taxi erupted in flames in Midtown across un taxi amarillo se prendió fuego en Midtown frente from the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Cab driver Inderjeet a la terminal de autobuses de la Autoridad Portuaria. Inderjeet Singh, el conductor del taxi, de 38 años, dijo que acababa de recoger a unos Singh, 38, said he had just picked up passengers when he pasajeros cuando comenzó a sentir olor a quemado. Afortunadamente, smelled smoke. Fortunately, no one was hurt. March 2: nadie resultó herido. FHV driver, Ganiou Gandonou, 27, was fatally 2 de marzo: el conductor de vehículos de alquiler, Ganiou Gando - stabbed in his vehicle in the Bronx. Police suspect it was a rob - nou, de 27 años, fue fatalmente apuñalado en su vehículo en el Bronx. bery gone wrong. Mr. Gandonou, who was only 27 years old, left La policía sospecha que se trató de un robo que terminó en tragedia. behind a widow and two-year-old son. (A GoFundMe page was Gandonou, que tenía solo 27 años, dejó a una viuda y a un hijo de dos set up by the Independent Drivers Guild and the widow: años. (El sindicato de conductores independientes [Independent Driv - https://www.gofundme.com/6yom2i8. ) ers Guild, IDG], junto con la viuda, crearon una página en GoFundMe: March 3: https://www.gofundme.com/6yom2i8 ). Yellow Taxi driver, Ilya Sukholinskyv (62) died, 3 de marzo: after suffering a medical episode and crashing into a pole in el conductor de un taxi amarillo, Ilya Sukholinskyv, de Brooklyn. Fortunately, no pedestrians or other vehicles were 62 años de edad, falleció tras sufrir un problema de salud y chocar con - tra un poste en Brooklyn. Afortunadamente, no embistió a ningún struck. March 5: peatón ni a otro vehículo. FHV passenger, Jorge Vasquez, was shot dead by a 5 de marzo: el pasajero de un vehículo de alquiler, Jorge Vasquez, man on a bicycle in a Brooklyn neighborhood. Mr. Vasquez, 26, murió luego de que un hombre que circulaba en bicicleta le disparara had barely climbed into his hired car when the shooter ap - en un barrio de Brooklyn. Vasquez, de 26 años de edad, apenas había proached on bike, opened the rear passenger door and fired three ingresado al auto, cuando un hombre se acercó en bicicleta, abrió la shots, striking the victim in the neck and chest. EMTs rushed puerta trasera de pasajeros y disparó tres tiros que impactaron en el him to Brooklyn Hospital but he could not be saved. cuello y el pecho de la víctima. Los paramédicos lo llevaron rápida - On any given month, there are unfortunately stories proving mente al hospital de Brooklyn, pero no pudieron salvarlo. what we already know – driving in NYC can be a dangerous pro - Cualquier mes del año puede presentarnos historias lamentables fession – but this particular string of articles really struck me, que demuestran lo que ya sabemos: ser conductor en la ciudad de most significantly because of the brutality of some of the inci - Nueva York puede ser una profesión peligrosa. Sin embargo, esta seguidilla de noticias me afectó profundamente, sobre todo debido a la dents, but also due to the fact that they illustrated the many brutalidad de algunos de los incidentes, pero también por el hecho de Continued on page 6 Continúa en la página 6 Editor’s Notes ..............................................4 & Dear Taxi Dave ............................................9 An Insider’s Look at Both NYC TLC Regulated Industries Taxi News ..................................................12 EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Neil Weiss CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Directory ....................................................13 Email: [email protected] Matthew Daus, Esq. E 714 Crestbrook Ave. Larry Fisher Livery News ................................................15 Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003 Meera Joshi Tel: 800-723-9119/856-751-0656 Bertram Merling U Features ......................................................17 Fax: 856-751-0657 David Pollack S Steven J. Shanker, Esq. ITAR Outlook By Matthew W. Daus ................19 ADV. SALES MGR./ Michael Spevack, Esq. S ART & DESIGN: I Michele Norton: 856-262-2368 Taxi Dave ....................................................22 TRANSLATIONS: S By Larry Fisher The Fishbowl ........................23 The Language Center and NYC TLC I Commissioner’s Corner By Meera Joshi ......24 H By Bertram Merling Copyright © 2019 by TAXI & LIVERY TIMES. All rights reserved. Neither Defensive Driving ..........26 this newspaper nor any part therof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted T in any form, without the express written permission of the publishers. The The Taxi Attorney By Michael Spevack ..........27 copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. This N Fun & Games ............................................30 publication is not responsible for errors in advertisement beyond the cost of I the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of TAXI & LIV - Taxi and FHV Relief Stands ......................32 ERY TIMES.
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