Ride-sharing apps have been cutting away from business for years.
-- Green taxi drivers say their business is on the fast track to failure due to the pandemic and the increase in ride shares.Nancy Reynoso has proudly held the city's first ever green taxi permit for nine years, but now she's hanging up her meter.Reynoso was first in line to drive a lime-colored car when City Hall introduced them in 2013 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg as an outer-borough alternative to yellow cabs and black cars.
Ride-sharing apps have been cutting away from business for years, and Reynoso claims the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission has done little to help drivers like her. "Those drivers are going to lose their jobs. They're going to be on the street," said Javaid Tariq, co-founder of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
The green drivers don't pay for medallions, but Reynoso says TLC requires they pay higher insurance and get more inspections, and with fewer fares, it's hard to keep up. Unlike yellow cabs, green taxis are not allowed to pick up fares at the airports or below 96th Street.
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