From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Hybrid Taxis in NYC

February 21, 2009

Recently a city judge barred a city ruling that required all new taxicabs to be fuel efficient hybrids. Hybrids cost more than their conventional counterparts but can bring about huge cost savings, especially if the fuel costs are high. But not everyone is excited about them

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Evgeny Freidman CEO of Taxi Club Management

February 3, 2009

In his senior year at Skidmore College, Gene Freidman intervened when two female students were being harassed at a bar. He took a beer bottle to the face. Surgeons used 400 stitches and barely saved his left eye. Hospitalized for a month, the carefree, skirt-chasing kid from Queens emerged serious and driven. “It was time [...]

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Cabbie Mistakenly Beaten by Good Samaritans

February 1, 2009

A cabbie who tried to grab a purse from four women who refused to pay his fare was beaten by a group of “good Samaritans” who mistakenly thought they were witnessing a robbery, cops said. The driver, whose name was not released, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital early this morning where he was treated for [...]

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