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In Taxi and Limousine Comm’n v. F.B., OATH Index No. 3086/23, the driver was arrested based on a complaint by his estranged wife. The charge was criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor. The wife alleged that she got into an argument with he husband when they met in front of...

This is my case, though I am not mentioned. Per the Daily News: A long-running federal suit seeking back pay for Taxi and Limousine Commission drivers whose TLC licenses were unconstitutionally suspended if they got arrested has been settled, with the city agreeing to pay out a total of $140 million to...

From 1972 until 2004, Bob Hurley enjoyed every success imaginable. Coach Hurley won more than 800 basketball games and 22 state championships, while besting 90% of his opponents at tiny St. Anthony High, a school without its own gym, and which can be found by making a hard left out...

In Taxi & Limousine Comm'n v. Jean Louis, the ALJ recommended reinstatement after the an Uber driver was arrested after a domestic assault. The ALJ summarized the undisputed evidence as establishing that driver had never been arrested before; that there had been no record of prior assaultive beh...

In TLC v. J.D., the OATH tribunal considered the case of a driver arrested for felony assault and for leaving the scene of an accident. This case seemed especially difficult since the alleged assault weapon was the taxi itself so the assault was on-duty as was the alleged leaving the...

On September 19, 2023, OATH Judge Gloade recommended reinstatement of a driver who had beed arrested and and charged with criminal obstruction of of breathing or or blood circulation (Penal (Penal Law section 121.11(a), 121.11(a), a class A misdemeanor). The driver's wife had told the police tha...

On Friday I represented Ismail B., an erstwhile restauranteur and currently a for-hire vehicle driver, at a hearing challenging the suspension of his Taxi and Limousine Commission license due to an arrest. The TLC orders theses suspensions mindlessly by rote, regardless of the driver's record and...

At a summary suspension hearing, petitioner failed to establish that driver, who faces criminal charges for robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property, and leaving the scene of an incident, poses a continuing direct and substantial threat to public health or safety. Suspension of TLC Driver License...

TLC suspended taxi driver License following her arrest for an off-duty incident involving a spat between the driver and her husband's mistress, where the police issued her a desk appearance ticket. At a post-suspension hearing, evidence failed to show that respondent poses a continuing direct and substantial threat to public...

David Meyer, writing in the New York Post, has first rate piece on our long-running, successful civil rights case over the NYC TLC's extraordinary and lawless suspension on arrest policy. The article states: " The drivers' suspensions — which occurred between 2003 and 2020 — were ultimately res...