Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron (See Profile) on Friday blocked a state law that would allow livery cabs to accept street hails in the outer boroughs, ruling that the law “runs roughshod” over powers that rightly belong to the City Council.
The law, known as the Street Hail Livery Law, would allow the Taxi and Limousine Commission to issue 18,000 licenses for livery cabs to pick up street hails in the outer boroughs and upper Manhattan. It would also allow the mayor to issue 2,000 new taxi medallions. Supporters of the law have said that it would raise about $1 billion for the city. The Legislature passed the law at Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s urging after the plan was rejected by the City Council, which holds the power to issue new medallions under the city charter (NYLJ, June 5).
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