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Eye on the Comptroller Race: David Yassky
This week marked the deadline for municipal candidates to get their petitions in so their names will appear on the September primary ballot. Citywide office hopefuls need 7,500 valid voter signatures...
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Comptroller Candidates Face Off in First TV Debate
Listen to the debate: The four Democratic candidates vying for City Comptroller Bill Thompson's job have faced off in their first official TV debate, sponsored by the city's Campaign Finance Board. For...
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The Hot Contest for City Comptroller
Who wants a job overseeing a budget billions in the red and protecting pensions in the age of anxious markets?Katz, Liu, Weprin, Yassky. That's who.It turns out three City Council members from Queens...
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City Comptroller Race Headed for Runoff
High school student volunteers for John Liu on primary nightCity Councilman John Liu has a slight lead over Councilman David Yassky in the tight Democratic race for New York City comptroller, but it...
View ArticleComptroller Run-off Debate
In their last debate before Tuesday's run-off election, the two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination for City Comptroller faced off last night. Councilmen David Yassky and John Liu were...
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Up from Underground: Demand Drives Dollar Van Industry
(New York, NY – Lisa Chow, WNYC) This week presented a turning point for a New York industry that has operated largely underground. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David...
View ArticleCommuter Vans Authorized to Run on Discontinued Bus Routes
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) UPDATED New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission has licensed five commuter van operators to pick up riders along bus routes that were discontinued June...
View ArticleDollar Vans Find Former MTA Routes Full of Potholes
The city's experiment to get commuter vans to provide service along former bus routes is off to a rough start. About a month after the vans began operations, two of the five companies selected to take...
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Color-Code Your Ride -- Badge System for NYC Car Services to Cut Down on...
Livery decal (courtesy of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission)(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) It doesn't have the same worrisome connotations as the Department of Homeland Security's threat...
View ArticleCity Holding International Competition to Redesign Taxis
An iconic symbol of the city is facing a makeover. The city is holding an international design competition to redesign the yellow cab. The winner will have the exclusive right to make taxis for the...
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New York City Picks Finalists for Taxis of Tomorrow -- You Can Vote!
Here's one-- there are three other "Taxi of Tomorrow Finalists: Click here for the others --From the Press Release: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Taxi and Limousine Commissioner/Chairman David S....
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: More on the Number 7's Trans-Hudson Ambitions; DC Unveils...
ARC tunnel, we just can't quit you: The New York Times takes a look at the mayor's plan to run the number 7 train under the Hudson River to New Jersey. And while Mayor Bloomberg didn't shed many...
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The Taxi of Tomorrow
NYC Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky was on the Brian Lehrer Show this morning to talk about the Taxi of Tomorrow. Listen below--and visit the segment's comments page to weigh in with a...
View ArticleRelief in Short Supply for the City's Taxi Drivers
Locating public bathrooms in the city is challenging for many who live, work and visit here. There are even online sites and mobile apps for people seeking help finding a restroom. But these tools...
View ArticleVote on Taxi Driver Dress Code Postponed
The City's Taxi and Limousine Commission has postponed its vote on changing the dress code for taxi drivers until next month.The TLC is seeking to alter the taxi guidelines by including the term...
View ArticleBloomberg Rips Cabbies Who Refuse to Accept Riders
The city is further cracking down on taxis that refuse to drive outside of Manhattan with a proposal for steeper fines and possibly revoking the license of repeat offenders. Mayor Michael Bloomberg on...
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A Tense 40th Anniversary for NY's Taxi Commission
(Kathleen Horan, WNYC -- New York) The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s recent monthly meeting was well attended at their new offices on Beaver Street in Lower Manhattan.Yellow cab drivers...
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NYC's Taxi TV Gets A New Channel
Taxi TV (photo by Kathleen Horan/WNYC)(Kathleen Horan -- New York, WNYC) Since it debuted two years ago, Taxi TV hasn’t gotten great reviews. But the city is promising more choices that it hopes will...
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NY Taxi Receipts May Get Advertisements
(New York, NY -- Kathleen Horan, WNYC) Another icon of the yellow cab is swaying: those slow-to-emerge, rice-paper thin receipts.The small, somewhat understated receipts taxi passengers may be...
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NYC To Get Rid of Some Taxi TV's
Taxi TV (photo by Kathleen Horan/WNYC)(New York, NY -- Kathleen Horan, WNYC) New York City is planning to offer passengers a quieter ride by taking the TVs out of the backs of some yellow taxis."What...
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