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Category Archives: Livery town car drivers
Goldman alley infiltrated with livery cab drivers soliciting pedestrians
Update February 24, 2013 We have learned that Goldman Sachs is no longer allowing liver cab solicitations on their property, which is the north side of Vesey. This is a result of our reporting, below. (Note the street completely … Continue reading
A remarkable community collaborative effort deals with the tour bus and livery cab problems
May 15, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Due to policy decisions at City Hall beyond the scope if this report that freed up town car and SUV livery cabs to solicit cash fares more like a yellow cab, the streets … Continue reading
A new annual nightmare for North BPC: UN Week at the Conrad Hotel
September 25, 2012 By Steven E. Greer Since 2001, the Ritz Carleton in the southernmost portion of Battery Park City (BPC) has been the preferred residence of the visiting United Nations diplomats. With the opening of the Conrad Hotel this … Continue reading
Uber car service could make yellow cabs and livery town cars obsolete
August 15, 2012 By Steven Greer We tried the Uber car service and highly recommend it. Anyone with a smart phone can click a button and the nearest town car, Mercedes, or SUV arrives. The drivers are tracked with customer … Continue reading
Bloomberg’s battle to create more taxi medallions is rebuffed by the courts
June 2, 2012 By Steven Greer The out of control livery cabs that have plagued the streets on New York City are the byproduct of the battle between Mayor Bloomberg’s administration and the powerful companies that own the existing medallions. … Continue reading
TLC undercover sting arrests livery cab drivers on North End Avenue
May 1, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Perhaps caused in part by BatteryPark.TV reporting and our communications with Deputy Commissioner of the TLC, Ray Scanlon, undercover TLC officers made arrests of livery cab drivers (in the black town cars) on … Continue reading
PEP ticket town cars
April 17, 2012 With the cooperation of the city and private industry in the area, the problem of harassing town cars that have infiltrated BPC is waning, for the time being. However, the battle is far from over. PEP officer … Continue reading
Livery “town car” drivers can often be dangerous criminals
March 29, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV has extensively reported on the growing problem in our neighborhood of drivers of livery cab town cars illegally parking in residential Battery Park and illegally soliciting fares. In one story, a driver … Continue reading
Illegal livery cabs halt traffic on Vesey Street
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Livery cab town car driver sleeping in car loitering
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BatteryPark.TV gets results: PEPs address several problems
March 25, 2012 In collaboration with BatteryPark.TV, the park ranger PEPs have been effectively dealing with several problems plaguing the area. PEP Captain Falcon wrote: Dear Sir, We thank you for your email regarding noise/dog barking. We expect you may … Continue reading
Why illegal town cars have invaded New York City
March 17, 2012 By Steven Greer BatteryPark.TV has reported on the growing problem of town cars acting as taxis, illegally soliciting fares by hustling pedestrians on Vesey Street, blocking the street. This problem is rampant all over Manhattan. In fact, … Continue reading
Vesey Street blocked by illegal town cars
BatteryPark.TV previously reported on the problem of “town car” taxi drivers harassing sidewalk pedestrians crossing Vesey Street between Goldman Sachs and the WFC. The problem has worsened to the point that the entire Vesey Street is now blocked due to … Continue reading