In the early 2010s, for example, the price of medallions -- permits required to operate a taxi in NYC -- skyrocketed to over ...

If they refuse, ask for their name and medallion number and you can report them to the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services operate in New York City, too.

Uber and Lyft rides, meanwhile, were down 3.4% in the ... Bhairavi Desai, of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, said that it was too early for cabbies to start praising congestion pricing.

It was nearly a year ago that the selection of the future NYC yellow taxi was narrowed to three: the Nissan NV200, Ford Transit Connect Taxi and the Turkish entry, the Karsan V1. And although the ...