AutoMarketplace NYC

NYC Taxi News founder Abe Mittleman, taxi industry expert Carolyn Protz, Nancy Reynoso (livery industry expert + city’s first green taxi driver!) and AutoMarketplace founder Dawood Mian discuss the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission’s (NYC TLC) recent, surprise 👀 decision to reinstate the EV exemption to FHV License Pause (a/k/a TLC Plate Cap).

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Earlier today, NYC Taxi News’ Abe Mittleman, Carolyn Protz, and AutoMarketplace founder Dawood Mian had a conversation with NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) Chair & Commissioner David Do.

We spoke with NYC TLC Chair David Do about his recent experience as a NYC for-hire driver, including driving a yellow cab 🚕, working in an EV ⚡ on Revel’s platform and his future plans to continue driving across different NYC for-hire transport sectors! 👏

Later on in the conversation, he shares some thoughts on how he thinks about and balances the opinions & demands of different groups when constructing and determining policy. We appreciate the complex task of being the NYC TLC Chair, especially when it comes to discussions around issuing new TLC Plates, a very actively debated 🗣️ topic in the industry, with many points of views. Chair Do also briefly touches on his thoughts around congestion pricing.

After the roughly 30 minute conversation, Abe, Carolyn and Dawood speak about their thoughts on the discussion and more. We also briefly talk about an upcoming taxi medallion auction this Thursday, the current state of medallion financing market and what might make investors interested in the taxi medallion industry again.

We hope you enjoy the conversation and thank 🙏 TLC Chair Do for sharing his valuable time and insights!

Hope you enjoy the conversation!

As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or by emailing us at [email protected].

AutoMarketplace NYC covers the for-hire transportation industry and automotive news. Check out AutoMarketplace on YouTube ▶️

Note: This is the audio-only 🎙️ version of our video conversation (see below). The video version includes relevant footage and pictures, which may cause the audio version to have temporary silent periods.

When we recently saw NYC TLC-licensed driver Omik Zaman’s Facebook post about his vehicle being stolen, surgically stripped of parts and then recovered, we reached out. Our own fleet has been subject to theft and we know many other TLC drivers and fleets have had to deal with stolen vehicles and parts. Unfortunately, incidents of theft seem to be more common.

As we’ve covered, many TLC drivers do not have OR cannot afford ‘comprehensive & collision’ policies (“full coverage”). In many situations a driver or small business must pay "out of pocket" to fix physical damage to their vehicles. This is a unique problem that many non-commercial drivers often don’t face as “normal” car insurance usually includes ‘comprehensive & collision’ coverage, along with the required liability protection.

We hope you find the conversation insightful and here is a link to Zaman’s GoFundMe page. Zaman can be directly reached at [email protected].

Video Conversation

As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or by emailing us at [email protected].

AutoMarketplace NYC covers the for-hire transportation industry and automotive news. Check out AutoMarketplace on YouTube ▶️

NYC Taxi News’ Abe Mittleman, Carolyn Protz, special guest Nancy Reynoso (livery industry expert + city’s first green taxi driver!) and AutoMarketplace founder Dawood Mian, discuss a wide range of topics from the recent news around the assault of a yellow cab driver to the current state of the FHV industry (including the SHL Pilot). They also have a broader conversation around how many for-hire vehicles the City needs and what the future may hold.

We hope you enjoy the conversation!

As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or by emailing us at [email protected].

AutoMarketplace NYC covers the for-hire transportation industry and automotive news. Check out AutoMarketplace on YouTube ▶️

Hello 👋.

Dawood (Mian) here, founder of AutoMarketplace. Myself, Adrian (Cruz), Jason (Shaw) and other team members wanted to thank you 🙏 for all your support since we started AutoMarketplace three years ago.

We’ve now grown into one of the largest NYC for-hire transportation (TLC) content creators and distribution platforms. As we’ve grown, many have reached out to us to understand who we are and what we are trying to do 🤔🤷. Recently, when Abe Mittleman & Carolyn Protz of NYC Taxi News reached out about a podcast, I thought it would be good opportunity to introduce myself and have a good discussion.

It’s my first podcast and I probably need some practice, but I hope you enjoy it! We plan to make more content that’ll include myself, Adrian, Jason, other team members, drivers and other industry participants, so stay tuned!

AutoMarketplace NYC covers the for-hire transportation industry and automotive news. Check out AutoMarketplace on YouTube ▶️