Drivers and taxi industry workers pushed back at a Taxi & Limousine Commission hearing on Thursday following a federal judge's August order that all new yellow taxis must be wheelchair accessible.
Without the hardship extensions or more funding, the taxi workers alliance warned of cabbies having to spend up to $80,000 to buy and convert new wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Bhairavi Desai, president of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, expressed concern that 'the TLC is trying to use an iron fist to force drivers to convert,' which could lead to bankruptcies.
The city missed the 2020 mandate as well as a 2023 extension, resulting in a federal judge ordering that half of all active taxis need to be wheelchair accessible by March 31, 2025.
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