Some seeking office have been shaped by family suffering in the yellow-cab medallion financial collapse or their own experiences driving cabs. They say only a bold bailout will avoid calamity.
Yellow cab drivers protesting during a rally in New York recently. ANGELA WEISS/AFP
They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future.
On a February morning in a parking lot near La Guardia Airport, a few dozen of the yellow cabs patiently queue in the freezing cold to catch a fare from one of the terminals.
“This lot used to be full with hundreds of cabs and even a line outside, ” says 65-year-old Joey Olivo, recalling the days before coronavirus.
Monday, 15 Feb 2021 11:42 AM MYT
Yellow cab taxis are parked at LaGuardia Airport in New York February 4, 2021. AFP pic
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NEW YORK, Feb 15 They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future.
On a February morning in a parking lot near La Guardia Airport, a few dozen of the yellow cabs patiently queue in the freezing cold to catch a fare from one of the terminals.
They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future.
They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future.