[parent5446]

One of the sole advantages of NYC taxis: they are required by law to take you anywhere within city limits you ask.

[ng12]

Yes, and an NYC cabbie would _never_ willingly ignore a regulation like that.

[parent5446]

I acknowledge your sarcasm, but indeed they rarely do. It's happened to me only once, and it was fairly easy to report them to the TLC.

[dx034]

I don't know a single city where license numbers and the complaint hotline are so prominently placed as in NYC. I believe it was common that cabbies ignored regulation but this appears to have changed in recent years.

[DrScump]

But there's a legal sanction for doing so; it's a condition of their license.