Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

TLC Still Has No Plan to Require NYC Road Tests for Taxi and Livery Drivers

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2014 | 5 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission will close a loophole that allows livery drivers to operate with less training than yellow cab drivers, but the agency still has no plans to require road tests on actual New York City streets for any of the drivers it licenses. The TLC has the power to license and train […]

Dana Lerner: Cy Vance Botched the Token Case Against My Son’s Killer

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2014 | 30 Comments

The cab driver who killed Cooper Stock is scheduled to be back in court in two months, thanks to what Stock’s mother Dana Lerner termed “inept” handling of the case by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office. Meanwhile, Koffi Komlani’s apparent defense — that weather was to blame for the crash — is the same […]

Maximum Penalty for Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock: 15 Days and $750

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2014 | 22 Comments

The cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock last January was charged this month with failure to exercise due care, a traffic infraction that carries a maximum 15-day jail sentence and a small fine. According to court records and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, an arrest warrant was issued for Koffi Komlani […]

Surviving a Walk in NYC Should Not Depend on Luck

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2014 | 35 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission says it doesn’t know anything about a cabbie who drove onto a Midtown sidewalk, hit a pedestrian, and crashed into a building earlier this week. Other than to deflect blame from the driver, NYPD has refused to release information about the crash. It happened Monday morning. From the Post: “He […]

NYPD Starts Using Vision Zero Law, Charges Driver for Killing UES Pedestrian

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2014 | 15 Comments

NYPD has filed misdemeanor charges against a cab driver who killed an Upper East Side pedestrian, marking the first time police have employed a new law that makes it a crime for drivers to strike pedestrians and cyclists who have the right of way, according to a report in DNAinfo. Silvia Gallo, 58, was in the […]

NYC Cab Drivers Don’t Have to Take an NYC Road Test [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2014 | 15 Comments

You can watch the entirety of Thursday’s hearing on Taxi and Limousine Commission Vision Zero rule changes here. Cue to the 41:15 mark in the second video, embedded above, to see TLC board members wonder aloud whether reckless driving is protected by the Constitution, and if it’s really that bad to run over and kill […]

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