Taxi Drivers Rally to Oppose Street Hail Legislation

Small business yellow cab owners rallied outside City Hall Park on Tuesday to protest legislation that would allow the Taxi and Limousine Commission to sell street hail permits to livery cabs and issue 1,500 new yellow cab medallions.
Taxi Drivers Rally to Oppose Street Hail Legislation
Taxi drivers around China have staged strikes to protest exploitation by taxi companies. Getty Images
Ivan Pentchoukov
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/taxi.jpg" alt="CABBIE CONUNDRUM: Taxi drivers protested at City Hall Park on Tuesday. They say new legislation granting more medallions and allowing livery cabs to stop for street hails will cost them business. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)" title="CABBIE CONUNDRUM: Taxi drivers protested at City Hall Park on Tuesday. They say new legislation granting more medallions and allowing livery cabs to stop for street hails will cost them business. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1800297"/></a>
CABBIE CONUNDRUM: Taxi drivers protested at City Hall Park on Tuesday. They say new legislation granting more medallions and allowing livery cabs to stop for street hails will cost them business. (Amal Chen/The Epoch Times)
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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