With thousands of struggling New York City yellow cab drivers like Mouhamadou Aliyu desperate for a bailout, elected officials on Thursday quarreled over who should pay for it. Aliyu, 47, emigrated from the Ivory Coast to New York in 1994 in hope of a better life. Now, thanks to plummeting …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
‘Cash Cab’ is filming in NYC again this sum...
This commute comes with a (potential) cash payout. Ben Bailey’s “Cash Cab” is set to begin filming in Manhattan again this summer, this time under a new network. The taxi cab game show has been acquired by Bravo, after airing two revived seasons on Discovery, the network confirmed. The 11th …
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Notorious Debt Collector in Taxi Industry Is Arrested
Anthony J. Medina, who was charged with pretending to be a city law enforcement official to intimidate yellow cabdrivers, was arrested after an investigation in The New York Times. In the rough-and-tumble New York City taxi industry, Anthony J. Medina was an enforcer. For years, Mr. Medina was the go-to …
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