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Over 5,600 NYC cabbies seek damages over post-arrest license suspensions
New York Post ,
More than 5,600 taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers with arrests on their records claim the Taxi and Limousine Commission unjustly suspended their licenses as their criminal cases played out in court — and are now seeking damages, advocates told The Post.
NYC Owes Cabbies a Fair Hearing on License Suspension
Courthouse News ,
MANHATTAN (CN) – Reviving a suit by taxi drivers who endured license suspensions after criminal arrests, the Second Circuit ruled Friday that New York City did not give the drivers a fair hearing, as is due with their very livelihoods on the line.
Judge rules seizing suspected unlicensed taxis is unconstitutional
New York Daily News ,
The city’s practice of seizing the cars of people driving suspected unlicensed taxis is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled.
Judge says Uber driver who booted lesbian couple should get license back
NBC News ,
The women said they were kicked after they had just kissed, but the driver claimed they were about to have “sex in the car.”