Alliance Achievements
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- May 13th and 28th, 1998 city wide taxi drivers strike
- March 2002 organize forum to hear taxi drivers stories of their financial deterioration after Septemeber 11. Federal Emergency Management Agency had assisted taxi garages and brokers but not the drivers and at this hearing, FEMA officials heard the taxi drivers stories. Soon after, FEMA opened a new Rental and Mortgage Assistance program- over 2,000 drivers participated.
- March 2004 TLC increased taxi fares by 26% (first increase since 1996)
- bulk of fare went to drivers, increasing their income by 20-40%
- 60-75% of fare increase went to drivers income
- limited owners want of 23% hike in caps on leases to only an 8% increase
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