Brooklyn Heights resident/NYC Taxi Czar David Yassky is hellbent on bringing the city’s yellow cabs into the 21st century. His latest mission – 86ing their much hated “off duty” lights. The TLC voted today to abolish the lights allowing now for only two settings – available and unavailable. Also on tap – mobile apps to […]
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Yassky Catches Deadbeat Cabbies in the Actsky
Brooklyn Heights resident/NYC TLC Commish David “Oh come on, it’s just over the bridge” Yassky has struck a blow at cabbies refusing fares to the Outer Boroughs. The NY Daily News reports that the TLC used college students to “sting” cabbies who deny passengers their right to a ride home in Brooklyn and the other […]
Brooklyn Heights Resident is New MTA Head
Joseph Lhota, appointed by Governor Cuomo as the new Chairman of the MTA, is a Brooklyn Heights resident.
TLC Ponders Allowing Livery Cab Hails in Brooklyn
Under consideration by the City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, headed by Brooklyn Heights resident David Yassky, is allowing livery cabs with taxi meters installed to respond to street hails in the “outer boroughs” (which, yes, includes Brooklyn) while continuing to prohibit this in Manhattan.
Can’t Get a Cab to Brooklyn? “Destination Discrimination” Priority for TLC
We noted last October that there may be more than the usual hassle getting a cab to go from Manhattan to Brooklyn these days. According to the Times City Room Blog, the Taxi and Limousine Commission saw a 38% increase, from the last six months of 2009 to the same period in 2010, in complaints […]
Yassky Speaks Out on Taxi Dead Zone
It’s a pretty well known fact that NYC cabbies don’t like coming to Brooklyn. Now a new Taxi and Limousine Commission study says hacks don’t like to go ANYWHERE during the “switch-over” time between 4pm – 5pm. TLC Commish/Brooklyn Heights resident David Yassky gave the New York Times the scoop on the cabbie witching hour:
Snarky Blog Takes Aim at Yassky’s Taxi Wardrobe Malfunction
Portfolio.com weighs in on TLC commish/Brooklyn Heights resident David Yassky’s dream to have a taxi driver dress code:
Choppers, MTA, Park, Albany Reform Dominate Squadron’s Community Meeting
About thirty local residents, your correspondent included, braved biting winds and a fierce flurry to get to 55 Pierrepont Street for last night’s community meeting, hosted by State Senator Daniel Squadron. On our arrival, the Senator’s Chief of Staff, John Raskin, treated us to Oreos and milk as tokens of regret for Sen. Squadron’s unavoidable […]
Scrooge McCabbie: “Off Duty” Driver Busts Montague Street’s Holiday Chi
Today around noon Mrs. Fink, Baby Fink and I took a stroll down Montague Street. While Mrs. Fink was picking up contacts at Heights Vision, Baby Fink’s blissful outdoor slumber was interrupted by an irate cabbie’s tirade against a woman parking her SUV.
Yassky in the Taxisky
Brooklyn Heights resident/ TLC Commishsky David Yassky has been entertaining taxi passengers for the last few weeks with his video (watch it after the jump) hyping the city’s Taxi of Tomorrow initiative. Got a great idea about what the Taxi of Tomorrow should be? Tell Yassky and you could win a year of free taxi […]
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