l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 看这个就知道为什么不能选这位做市长了, 太liberal了.
NY有多少人是diabled? 要求每一辆出租车都diability accessible就好比因为2-3%的
病人而强迫所有正常人改变婚姻的定义一样无耻.
Taxi Hits Bump, Moves On
Comptroller Rejects Contract With Nissan; City Vows That New Cabs Will Roll.
By TED MANN
Comptroller John Liu rejected the contract for the city's Taxi of Tomorrow
for a second time, striking a largely symbolic blow against a signature
initiative of the Bloomberg administration just weeks before the cabs will
begin hitting the streets.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mr. Liu said he refused
to formally register the city's contract with Nissan North America Inc.,
because the base model of the new taxi doesn't accept wheelchairs. Mr. Liu,
like advocates for the disabled, has asserted that the Americans with
Disabilities Act requires that the new taxis be accessible to those in
wheelchairs, though a federal court has ruled in the city's favor.
"By mandating a 'Taxi of Tomorrow' that is not wheelchair accessible, the
city has disregarded the civil rights of the disabled community," Mr. Liu
wrote.
The refusal to register the contract won't affect plans to introduce the new
Nissan 7201.TO +0.59% vehicle in October, spokesmen for the city said.
The city similarly disregarded a previous effort by Mr. Liu to reject the
agreement last December. The administration told Mr. Liu it would proceed
with the contract last month, a spokeswoman for the mayor said.
The vehicles have begun rolling off the assembly line at Nissan's factory in
Mexico, the company announced last week. They are to become the uniform
vehicle for virtually all of the city's more than 13,000 yellow cabs.
The Bloomberg administration believes the comptroller doesn't have the power
to stop the contract from taking effect, an administration official said.
"The comptroller's letter has no practical implications," said Howard
Friedman of the Law Department. "Nissan's contract for the Taxi of Tomorrow
became effective last December, after the comptroller's illegal failure to
register it. Nissan is now in the process of producing NV200s."
Still, the program faces continued legal hurdles, even as the Oct. 28
deadline for the first yellow cabs to begin converting to the Nissan
approaches.
A state court judge in Manhattan will hear arguments later this month on a
suit alleging that the Taxi and Limousine Commission exceeded its authority
in mandating that owners purchase a single model. And advocates for the
disabled have filed a motion in federal court asking a judge to require that
the Taxi of Tomorrow be accessible to wheelchairs.
Along with his letter refusing to register the contract, Mr. Liu proposed
taxi reforms of his own: a menu of new and expanded incentives designed to
encourage medallion owners to take on the expense of converting cabs to
accept wheelchairs, and to spur drivers to pick up passengers who use
wheelchairs.
The proposed incentives would build off some programs already in operation.
For instance, Mr. Liu proposed using revenue from the planned sale of 2,000
new yellow-cab medallions to finance "purchase grants" of up to $15,000,
intended to cover taxi owners' cost of purchasing a wheelchair-accessible
vehicle. The TLC has estimated that converting a Nissan for wheelchair use
would cost about $14,000.
That same revenue, though, has been spoken for twice: It is also expected to
help the city's budget. And Mr. Liu's proposals, which his office said were
still being developed, don't explain how the cash incentives to get drivers
to accept wheelchair passengers would be paid for.
Mr. Liu also proposed expanding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's
program of offering prepaid debit cards to allow some paratransit customers
to use taxis instead of vans when possible. That program has saved money,
said Tom Charles, the MTA's vice president of paratransit, but it is a tiny
fraction of the service provided.
"The plan provides for equality, incentives and choice," said David Pollack
of the Committee on Taxicab Safety, which has opposed the Taxi of Tomorrow. | x****o
发帖数: 29677 | 2 这是报复，老布刚把他告了，在他竞选前夕
再说哪家公司接这个也是讲究很多的，里面牵扯利益很多，不是表面原因这么简单
老布卸任前要谋些私利，其他人也要拼命踩 | j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 3 他是被矮伏弊哎钓鱼执法的
【在 x****o 的大作中提到】
: 这是报复，老布刚把他告了，在他竞选前夕
: 再说哪家公司接这个也是讲究很多的，里面牵扯利益很多，不是表面原因这么简单
: 老布卸任前要谋些私利，其他人也要拼命踩
| o*****t
发帖数: 1540 | 4 坚决支持John Liu。坚决支持John Liu。 你说的话对我没有任何影响。
你怎么不去说那个发鸡巴照得那个候选人？哦，对了你觉得那人都比liu好，我操你脑
子长那儿去了?
Roll.
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 看这个就知道为什么不能选这位做市长了, 太liberal了.
: NY有多少人是diabled? 要求每一辆出租车都diability accessible就好比因为2-3%的
: 病人而强迫所有正常人改变婚姻的定义一样无耻.
: Taxi Hits Bump, Moves On
: Comptroller Rejects Contract With Nissan; City Vows That New Cabs Will Roll.
: By TED MANN
: Comptroller John Liu rejected the contract for the city's Taxi of Tomorrow
: for a second time, striking a largely symbolic blow against a signature
: initiative of the Bloomberg administration just weeks before the cabs will
: begin hitting the streets.
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 唉,你这逻辑. 我说这个不好,不代表另外一个就好了.这么简单的道理你不懂?
【在 o*****t 的大作中提到】
: 坚决支持John Liu。坚决支持John Liu。 你说的话对我没有任何影响。
: 你怎么不去说那个发鸡巴照得那个候选人？哦，对了你觉得那人都比liu好，我操你脑
: 子长那儿去了?
:
: Roll.
| o*****t
发帖数: 1540 | 6 你觉得白人屎都是香的对吧。。。。
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 唉,你这逻辑. 我说这个不好,不代表另外一个就好了.这么简单的道理你不懂?
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 7 参见我前面的回答.
【在 o*****t 的大作中提到】
: 你觉得白人屎都是香的对吧。。。。
| e***s
发帖数: 1397 | 8 John Liu是二逼；
Weiner是变态。
他俩各领风骚。
【在 o*****t 的大作中提到】
: 坚决支持John Liu。坚决支持John Liu。 你说的话对我没有任何影响。
: 你怎么不去说那个发鸡巴照得那个候选人？哦，对了你觉得那人都比liu好，我操你脑
: 子长那儿去了?
:
: Roll.
| o*****t
发帖数: 1540 | 9 你觉得白人屎都是香的.
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 参见我前面的回答.
| o*****t
发帖数: 1540 | 10 你觉得白人屎都是香的.
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 参见我前面的回答.
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