Since our founding, NYTWA has increased drivers' incomes by 35%-45%, including the first-ever Living Wage standard for US taxi drivers in 2004. NYTWA's other victories include: successfully negotiating inclusion of taxi drivers for 9/11 federal disaster assistance, which garnered over $15 million in aid for drivers; recovering over $120,000 in lost income due to unlawful license suspensions; defending $300,000 in civil court claims by corrupt taxi brokers; changing numerous anti-worker policies and regulations governing the taxi industry; and providing discounted or pro bono legal, financial management, and health services to over 10,000 drivers directly.

NYTWA is the first non-NLRB union to be voted into a Central Labor Council in the USA—the New York City Central Labor Council, a one million-strong labor coalition. In 2007, in partnership with the Taxi Workers Alliance of Pennsylvania, NYTWA hosted the founding conference of the 30-city International Taxi Workers Alliance.