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New Illegal Pick-Ups Hotline |
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We Need YOU! Report to NYTWA's Illegal Pick-Ups Hotline: 917-652-6868
Be our eyes and ears on the streets!
- TLC license plates
- Private cars
- Hotel bribes
- Manhattan, Airports, anywhere else
NYTW and TLC Deputy Commissioner of Enforcement have regular monthly meetings to discuss the plague of illegal pick-ups. If you see them happening, call the hotline! It will be on record and used for our meetings. |
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Enforcement Against Illegal Pick-Ups Kicks Off |
In the last 10 years, illegal pick-ups by not only livery and black cars but private plates have significantly damaged our incomes. This is because nothing was ever done to stop it. Things are finally changing. Imagine - all tickets issued to yellow cab drivers by TLC over the years has been done by 60 officers. We now have 85 officers whose sole job will instead be to protect us from the illegal pick-ups stealing our fares. It's easy to see the difference this has made. For example, in July 2009, there were 68 summonses issued. That number rose to 405 in July 2010 and 1,352 just two months ago. This is the direct result of our agreement with the Mayor's office and TLC in June, allowing for an anti-illegal street hails enforcement unit. By the end of the year, there should be over 100 officers in the unit, and 200 in 2012. 
(Click above for larger graph)
During our monthly meetings with the TLC Deputy Commissioner of Enforcement, Ray Scanlon, and other senior staff of the Chairman, we were informed that the TLC issued the following tickets:
Tow Pound Contract
The TLC is on schedule to obtain a private tow pound contract. Before this, they had to depend on the NYPD pound which gives the TLC only 2-3 spaces. The private contract will mean no limits on the number of private plate seizures for illegal pick-ups. This is necessary because, for private cars, they can't legally issue them a summons - they have to tow them instead.
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