City cab drivers and their union say that proposed Taxi and Limousine Commission rules mandating that all new cabs need to be wheelchair accessible will bankrupt cabbies already burdened by plummeting income.
The TLC rule is designed to comply with a federal judge’s recent order that half of the city’s active taxi fleet be composed of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) by March 31 of next year. The city agency must also ensure that 50 percent of all cabs, including those not in operation, are WAVs by the end of 2028, according to U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels, who has presided over the case since its inception.
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