In low-income New York neighborhoods with no yellow cabs and sparse public transport, residents have long relied on livery cabs.
Fidel Farrell works in his office at Super Class Radio Dispatch in the Bronx borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. In low-income New York neighborhoods with no yellow cabs and sometimes sparse public transportation residents who lack smart phones or credit cards have relied on livery cab companies for years, but the business is dwindling rapidly, with more than 100 livery cab bases closing their doors since 2015.
But the businesses, many times owned by Latino immigrants, are dwindling rapidly: There were nearly 22,000 livery cabs in New York in 2015, and there are approximately 9,600 now, according to the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission. Because of the cap, they say, they can’t replace drivers who retire or who can’t renew their licenses due to pending tickets. Super Class Radio Dispatch, which Lantigua drives for, had more than 250 drivers about five years ago, according to Fidel Farrell, one of the base’s owners. Now it has about 175.
Allan Fromberg, the Taxi and Limousine Commission’s deputy commissioner for public affairs, said discussion of a new livery license class “has only just begun”.
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