Case Files
TAXI DRIVERS WIN $140 MILLION SETTLEMENT BASED ON FINDINGS OF SYSTEMIC CONSTITUTINAL VIOLATIONS BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK
The City of New York has agreed to pay $140 million to a class of 19,000 taxi drivers in settlement of a decades-long class action lawsuit in which a federal appeals court ultimately found that the City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission systemically violated the cabbies’ rights to due process of...
Taxi & Limousine Comm’n v. Saini
In a fitness proceeding, petitioner failed to prove that respondent is unfit to retain his TLC driver’s license and TLC vehicle license due to an out-of-state criminal conviction. Dismissal of charges against respondent recommended.
Huge Win For City Cabbies In Federal Court
On November 13, ten taxi drivers whose licenses were summarily suspended by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission appeared before a federal jury in Manhattan seeking damages in a civil rights lawsuit that dates back to 2006—and the jury ruled in favor of all ten and awarded each substantial damag...
Westchester Suspensions
The Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission (the “WTLC”) routinely seized and impounded for-hire vehicles without a warrant and without any recognized exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement. These seizures are based on the WTLC's so-called Vehicle Immobilization Program ...
Medallion Auction Cases
Taxi medallion buyers sue City and TLC for breach of contract and violations of the General Business Law