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by SirensOfTitan 2402 days ago
How one reports a yellow cab driver in NYC:

1. Remember to get the cab medallion number during your ride.

2. Go online to submit a fairly lengthy report to TLC, alongside your contact info.

3. Nothing for 2 months

4. Someone calls you asking you for details. You may even have to show up to a hearing. By this point you forget almost the entire issue.

5. The cabbie who ignored you, drove dangerously, scammed you has been driving for months without a registered complaint and nothing will happen.

New York Yellow Cab is the best too—cabs in the Bay Area, for instance, were absolutely awful before Uber. I also cannot imagine Taxi companies were stewards of fair labor practices before Uber either.