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NYC Taxis May Soon Be Equipped With Tablets

AP | Posted 02.22.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission may replace Taxi TVs in 50 cabs with iPads or other tablet computers. The New York ...

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Why Bloomberg's Taxi Proposal is Unfair

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.20.2011

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is attempting to bypass the City Council with a bill that would in effect allow New York City's livery cabs to legally pick up passengers in certain areas of the city. This proposal has been shot down for 40 years and it should continue to be shot down.

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Cab Won't Take You To Brooklyn? Drivers To Face Increased Fines

Bed-Stuy, NY Patch | C. Zawadi Morris | Posted 07.12.2011

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Coming soon are stiffer penalties on yellow cab drivers that refuse to pick up passengers based on their destinations. The bill passed yesterday an...

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WATCH: Going Undercover To Ensure Cab Rides For All

Posted 05.25.2011

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There's been quite a few undercover video stings recently, like when Mayor Bloomberg sent undercover investigators to a gun show in Arizona to show ho...

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Dozens Pleads Guilty In Costly Taxi Fare Scam

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — More than two dozen taxi drivers have pleaded guilty after a broad probe into a fare-boosting scam that affected thousands of tourist...

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Why Do Cabs Disappear At Five?

Posted 05.25.2011

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If you've ever had the feeling that it's impossible to find a cab in the late afternoon, there is now statistical proof that you aren't nuts. New da...

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PHOTOS: City Unveils The Next NYC Taxi

AP/The Huffington Post | SARA KUGLER FRAZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- The competition to manufacture New York City's next official taxicab has been narrowed to three automakers who each came up with similar t...

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Alleged Cabbie Stabber Indicted

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — An arts student accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver's neck has been indicted on hate-crime charges, prosecutors said Monday as t...

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Ahmed Sharif, Stabbed Cab Driver, Gets $30,000 In Donations

Posted 05.25.2011

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Ahmed Sharif hoped he could garner more than sympathy after he was stabbed by a passenger last week. The long-time cabbie asked the New York Taxi Wor...

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Michael Enright, Cab Driver Slasher Suspect, Taken To Psych Ward

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A college student accused of slashing a taxi driver because he is a Muslim was moved from jail to a psychiatric ward, corrections off...

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Ahmed Sharif, Stabbed Cab Driver, Meets With Bloomberg

AP | SARA KUGLER FRAZIER and TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A Muslim cab driver whose face and throat were slashed in a suspected hate crime attack appeared with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thur...

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Man In Cab Driver Slashing Shot 'Funny Or Die' Video, PTSD Shorts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Well before he was accused of slashing a Muslim cab driver across the neck, Michael Enright, the 21-year-old college student now charged with the crim...

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Ahmed Sharif, Stabbed Cab Driver: I Pleaded For My Life (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Ahmed Sharif, the cab driver who was stabbed for being Muslim, says he pleaded with his attacker for his life. Ahmed Sharif spoke to reporters on Wed...

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Paterson Ties Cabbie Stabbing To Park51 Controversy

Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Paterson sees a connection between the stabbing of Muslim cab driver Ahmed Sharif and the fervor over the proposed Islamic Center near ground zer...

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Michael Enright, Alleged Muslim Cab Driver Stabber, Belonged To Pro-Park51 Group (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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*SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES* Michael Enright is not who you'd expect him to be. The man accused of stabbing New York City cab driver Ahmed H. Sharif af...

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Michael Enright Charged With Hate Crime: Ahmed Sharif, Muslim Cab Driver, Attacked For Religion

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A college student who did volunteer work in Afghanistan was charged Wednesday with slashing a taxi driver's neck and face after the d...

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