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 […]
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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:
Maybe Yassky Will Retrieve Taxi Stuck in Snow?
BHB pal/Brooklyn Heights resident/Celine Dion fan Chuck Taylor writes about an abandoned cab on Remsen Street today. Maybe TLC commish/King of Joralemon Street David Yassky will retrieve it himself:
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:
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 […]
Yassky’s Missionsky: Taxis Will Serve Entire City
Brooklyn Heights resident and newly appointed Taxi and Limousine chairman David Yassky is vowing to make hailing a yellow cab outside of Manhattan easier: NY Times: Presumably, he also takes cabs — although a recent study suggested that very few taxis pick up passengers in Brooklyn Heights, Mr. Yassky’s home. In fact, Mr. Yassky said at his […]
Yassky Named Taxi Czarsky
It’s official – our former man in the NYC Council/Brooklyn Heights resident David Yassky has been named head of the Taxi and Limousine Commission. Congrats! Now can you look into the knuckle head who drove our cab Wednesday night around 11pm and who didn’t know where the Brooklyn Bridge or the FDR were located much less […]
Yassky Nextsky Taxi Czarsky?
The NY Times CityRoom reports that our Brooklyn Heights resident and our former man in the NYC Council, David Yassky, could be the city’s next Taxi and Limousine commish:
What’s Nextsky for Yassky
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Sam Newhouse looks into what’s next for our soon-to-be former City Council Member David Yassky, who lost his bid for NYC Comptroller last month. Will Yassky return to teaching at Brooklyn Law School: Brooklyn Eagle: “He loved teaching and he’s been very clear about that,” said Danny Kanner, a Yassky spokesman. “He’s […]
Liu’s Triumphsky Over Yassky
Queens Councilmember John Liu won the Democratic nomination for Comptroller, beating out Brooklyn Heights resident/our Councilmember David Yassky in a run-off election tonight. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Liu trumped Yassky, 56 to 44 percent. Only 227,489 votes were cast in the race, less than 10 percent of the city’s registered Democrats, according to […]
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