New York City Taxis

WATCH: Kid Tells NYC Taxi Driver 'I Love You'

Posted 03.27.2012

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This week in awwww, a kid enamored with his first taxi ride in New York tells the driver "I love you." And then, when three-year-old Kellen discusses ...

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WATCH: Woman Gives Birth To 'Occupy Baby' In Brooklyn Taxi

Posted 02.23.2012

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There have been taxi cab births before--it happened twice last year--but this is the first time an expecting father had the wherewithal to film the oc...

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Cabbie Arrested For Raping Passenger

Posted 01.10.2012

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Cops have arrested a New York City cab driver for allegedly raping a female passenger at knifepoint in his taxi. In May, the victim, an unidentifie...

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Deal Struck On 5-Boro Taxi Plan

Posted 12.21.2011

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MANHATTAN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a deal Tuesday that will allow thousands of livery cabs to pick up street hails legally in Upper Manhattan a...

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WATCH: Comedian Offers New Yorkers Free Cab Rides

Posted 11.30.2011

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New York's funniest consumer advocate, Mark Malkoff (you may remember him for bringing a goat inside an apple store, outpacing a city bus on a tricycl...

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The Taxi of Tomorrow

Tony Hiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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How would you recapture the pleasure and sense of adventure the Checker once gave? I'd say, at a minimum, big windows; seats made for bodies, not parcels; cheerful colors.

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Man Killed After Minivan Knocks Cab Into Bus Stop

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A cab struck by a minivan has jumped a curb and slammed into a New York City bus stop, killing a man and injuring six other people. ...

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22,000 Taxi Drivers In Massive Rate-Switching Scam

nydailynews.com | By Frank Lombardi | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was worse than you thought: Nearly 22,000 cab drivers ripped off riders in a massive rate-switching scam that netted the underhanded hacks more th...

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Fourth Cabbie Found Shot, Killed In 4 Months

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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YONKERS, N.Y. — A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months. Yo...

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Bloomberg Thwarted In Effort To Green NYC's Taxis

New York Times | WILLIAM NEUMAN and SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A federal judge dealt a blow on Friday to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's efforts to improve air quality in the city, blocking a rule that all new taxis ...

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