Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxi and Limousine Commission

TLC Commish: It’s Up to NYPD to Get Reckless Cab Drivers Off the Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2014 | 11 Comments

The success or failure of a Vision Zero law intended to get reckless cab drivers off the road will depend on how often NYPD issues summonses and charges after serious crashes, the Taxi and Limousine Commission confirmed today. Cooper Stock, 9, was killed last January by a cab driver who failed to yield on West […]

Will NYPD Apply New Vision Zero Law to Cabbie Who Killed Woman on UES?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 4, 2014 | 17 Comments

NYPD has not filed charges against a cab driver who killed a pedestrian on the Upper East Side last week, despite indications that the crash may warrant a misdemeanor charge under a new city law. Available information suggests the cab driver failed to yield to a pedestrian with the right of way. According to press […]

De Blasio Signs Traffic Safety Bills, Says 25 MPH Will Go Into Effect This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Jun 23, 2014 | 32 Comments

Earlier today, Mayor Bill de Blasio returned to the schoolyard where he launched his administration’s Vision Zero campaign in January, just feet from where 9-year-old Noshat Nahian was killed last December while walking to PS 152 with his sister. A little more than six months after announcing his intent to eliminate traffic fatalities within 10 years, […]

Mother of Cooper Stock: NYPD Must Hold Reckless Cab Drivers Accountable

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2014 | 1 Comment

Update: According to a spokesperson for Mayor de Blasio, today’s scheduled bill signing was postponed. After a Wednesday hearing where he was joined by council members and department heads, Mayor de Blasio is scheduled to sign a package of bills today aimed at improving traffic safety. Though its signing will come later due to a […]

City Council Passes Several Bills to Reduce Reckless Driving

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2014 | 58 Comments

The City Council today passed a slate of bills and resolutions aimed at improving street safety. The 11 bills — outlined in detail here — include Intro 238, which would make it a misdemeanor for a driver to “make contact” with a pedestrian or cyclist who has the right of way, punishable by up to […]

TLC Won’t Renew Hack License of Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock

By Brad Aaron | May 23, 2014 | 1 Comment

The cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock won’t be prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, but he won’t have a hack license much longer. Koffi Komlani has not driven a cab since he struck Cooper and his father in an Upper West Side crosswalk in January, according to Allan Fromberg, spokesperson for the […]

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