A bill raising fines for taxi drivers who unlawfully overcharge or refuse to take passengers to a destination in the five boroughs has passed the City Council.
Taxis Refusing Passengers to Bklyn to Face Fines
A bill raising fines for taxi drivers who unlawfully overcharge or refuse to take passengers to a destination in the five boroughs has passed the City Council.
The mayor is expected to sign off on it.
The bill increases fines for first-time offenders to $500 and a second offense would double the fine to $1,000.
Anything after that could lead to a driver’s license being revoked.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance issued a statement saying “We are deeply disappointed by the City Council’s failure to address an economic issue with an economic solution. There were real alternatives here.”
The statement went on to say, “Stripping someone of their livelihood for 30 days after two strikes in two years is severe and will take drivers closer to poverty, given already low wages and lack of unemployment insurance.”
sick of being stranded
hurray. and i hardly use texi/car services!
me
rreally… Or you can obey the law. Not overcharge & take passengers wherever they want to go… You do get paid for that!
GRRRR
OMG THIS HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME and whenever i tell the driver im going to report them they yell “IM OFF DUTY” as they drive away
levi
what about a fine for bad attitudes when they are told to go to brooklyn?
# 4
its funny that he STOPPED to tell that he was off duty…what a dumb…
Uncle Mendel
It happens to me every time I go to a Dr.s appointment in Manhattan and try to get home.
TAXI DRIVER
ENFORCE THE BILL ASAP. FIRST THING WHEN YOU PULL OVER A TAXI IS TAKE DOWN THE NUMBER – AND WHATEVER OTHER DETAILS. CLIMB IN THEN TELL HIM WHERE YOU’RE GOING. WHEN HE SAYS, ‘SORRY,’ TELL HIM ‘YOU WANNA EARN $25 OR LOSE $500?’