Taxi drivers support governor's decision to pause congestion pricing
Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins CBS New York to discuss congestion pricing plan.
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Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins CBS New York to discuss congestion pricing plan.
New York Taxi Workers Alliance Executive Director Bhairavi Desai tells CBS New York the new toll "cannot come at a worse time for yellow cab drivers." Watch her full interview.
This proposed rate hike would be an increase of about 23%, the first change since September of 2012.
An agreement has been reached with Marblegate Asset Management to provide loan forgiveness.
The group is hoping to put pressure on a company to join the city's debt relief program for cabbies.
CBS2's Kiran Dhillon has the story.
"It's never too late to make things right," said Fernando Mateo of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers.