From 1972 until 2004, Bob Hurley enjoyed every success imaginable. Coach Hurley won more than 800 basketball games and 22 state championships, while besting 90% of his opponents at tiny St. Anthony High, a school without its own gym, and which can be found by making a hard left out of the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, N.J.
In Taxi & Limousine Comm'n v. Jean Louis, the ALJ recommended reinstatement after the an Uber driver was arrested after a domestic assault. The ALJ summarized the undisputed evidence as establishing that driver had never been arrested before; that there had been no record of prior assaultive beh...
In TLC v. J.D., the OATH tribunal considered the case of a driver arrested for felony assault and for leaving the scene of an accident. This case seemed especially difficult since the alleged assault weapon was the taxi itself so the assault was on-duty as was the alleged leaving the scene of an ...
On September 19, 2023, OATH Judge Gloade recommended reinstatement of a driver who had beed arrested and and charged with criminal obstruction of of breathing or or blood circulation (Penal (Penal Law section 121.11(a), 121.11(a), a class A misdemeanor). The driver's wife had told the police tha...
On Friday I represented Ismail B., an erstwhile restauranteur and currently a for-hire vehicle driver, at a hearing challenging the suspension of his Taxi and Limousine Commission license due to an arrest. The TLC orders theses suspensions mindlessly by rote, regardless of the driver's record and...
At a summary suspension hearing, petitioner failed to establish that driver, who faces criminal charges for robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property, and leaving the scene of an incident, poses a continuing direct and substantial threat to public health or safety. Suspension of TLC Driver License should be lifted.
TLC suspended taxi driver License following her arrest for an off-duty incident involving a spat between the driver and her husband's mistress, where the police issued her a desk appearance ticket. At a post-suspension hearing, evidence failed to show that respondent poses a continuing direct and substantial threat to public health or safety. Lifting of suspension recommended.
David Meyer, writing in the New York Post, has first rate piece on our long-running, successful civil rights case over the NYC TLC's extraordinary and lawless suspension on arrest policy. The article states: " The drivers' suspensions — which occurred between 2003 and 2020 — were ultimately res...
I guess this is better than how Uber used to do business-- running roughshod over taxi laws and rules the world over. But now it is suing NYC for raising taxi fares-- apparently because it is required to pay its own drivers more in the bargain. In the lawsuit signed by Paul Weiss lawyers from thr...
Westchester TLC claims the right to seize FHVs of innocent owners
Court certifies a class action of drivers suspended on arrest
Taxi drivers who were suspended based on an arrest win class action status.
OATH judge recommends reinstatement of a driver who was suspended on a misdemeanor assault charge
Judge and jury both reject Palin's lawsuit.
Even minor domestic disputes can lead to arrests. While such charges rarely result in convictions, the TLC still routinely argues that drivers should remain suspended not just briefly, but for months while criminal charges are pending. Taxi & Limousine Comm'n v. Lei, OATH Index No. 790/22 (Nov. 1...
In Taxi & Limousine Comm'n v. Anthony, OATH Index No. 715/22 (Nov. 22, 2021), an Uber driver was suspended after being arrested on a charge of criminal mischief, which sounds rather innocent, but is actually a low level felony. The charge arose from a dispute between housemates. One roommate dema...
Driver reinstated despite strangulation charge.
Uber surges the bill big time to rider stuck in traffic for 9 hours
NYTWA wins debt relief for cabbies. The Nation explains how.
ALJ urged reinstatement, concluding that the driver’s testimony was consistent, detailed and corroborated.
Mosque Tussle Does Not Merit Suspension
ALJ finds assault was an accident and true remorse
OATH recommends reinstatement of cabbie who is also a veterinarian
OATH judge recommended reinstatement following a suspension based on an arrest for a high level drug charge.
