Under Commissioner Joshi's leadership since 2014, and before that as Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs from 2011-2013, the entire industry had been upended despite the Commission having had the tools to remediate the problem of tremendous oversupply of For Hire Vehicles.(FHV)
These are the testimonies of 61 participants, some crying, some begging, some screaming for someone to help them.
Since April 2017, $15 billion in equity has been destroyed, all the credit unions that financed the taxi industry have gone under and there have been 10 suicides that we know of. The only thing that came out of this hearing was a rule to allow rideshare drivers to be tipped, along with Suicide and Bankruptcy Counseling. None of the underlying issues have been addressed to this date.
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"I DON'T REGRET THAT WE HAD THIS HEARING.
I THINK WE WILL ALL BE BETTER FOR IT"
"NOTHING WILL CHANGE- POLITICIANS ARE IN BED WITH UBER AND LYFT"
"The number of vehicles licensed far exceeds the rate of increase in the ridership"
"You gave to others for free the exclusivity I paid for"
"You People Don't Get It"
Gotham Government Relations/Industry Economics
"WHAT DO I DO TODAY WITH THIS PIECE
OF METAL THAT'S WORTH NOTHING"
"THERE IS NO CONTROL ON THE STREETS"
"YOU CREATED A TSUNAMI"
"JUST SHOOT US"
U.S. ARMY VETERAN
Medallion Owner
Medallion Driver
"The People Here Are Telling Horrible Stories-You Never did a thing about it"
""Local Law 60-Drivers Advisory Board Never Enforced""
Father was Medallion Owner